16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

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The delegates to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China elected a 356-member 16th CPC Central Committee, as well as a 121-member Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).

The Party National Congress examined and adopted the amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China proposed by the 15th CPC Central Committee, and decided to come into force as from the date of its adoption. An amendment to the Constitution was approved the Party National Congress, with the of "Three Represents" written into it.

• Date: November 8-14, 2002;
• Place: Beijing;
• Number of delegates: 2,114 delegates; 40 specially invited delegates;
• Party membership: 66 million

[edit] Members of the Party Central Committee

The 16th CPC Central Committee is composed of 198 full members and 158 alternate members, as well as a 121-member Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

• The Party General Secretary: Hu Jintao (Nov. 15, 2002, the first plenary session of the 16th CPC Central Committee)
  • Central Committee Secretariat: Zeng Qinghong, Liu Yunshan, Zhou Yongkang, He Guoqiang, Wang Gang, Xu Caihou and He Yong
• 16th CPC Politburo Standing Committee: Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Wu Guanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo Gan
• 16th CPC Politburo: Wang Lequan, Wang Zhaoguo, Hui Liangyu (Hui), Liu Qi, Liu Yunshan, Li Changchun, Wu Yi (female), Wu Bangguo, Wu Guanzheng, Zhang Lichang, Zhang Dejiang, Chen Liangyu, Luo Gan, Zhou Yongkang, Hu Jintao, Yu Zhengsheng, He Guoqiang, Jia Qinglin, Guo Boxiong, Huang Ju, Cao Gangchuan, Zeng Qinghong, Zeng Peiyan, Wen Jiabao
• The Central Military Commission
  • Chairman of the Commission: Jiang Zemin
  • vice chairmen of the commission: Hu Jintao, Guo Boxiong and Cao Gangchuan
  • members of the commission: Xu Caihou, Liang Guanglie, Liao Xilong and Li Jinai
• The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI)
  • secretary of the CCDI: Wu Guanzheng
  • deputy secretaries of the CCDI: He Yong, Xia Zanzhong, Li Zhilun, Zhang Shutian, Liu Xirong, Zhang Huixin and Liu Fengyan

[edit] Inner Party Democracy

Out of the nearly 200 Central Committee that was elected by the Congress, it is possible to judge from the number of votes cast in favour the delegates who lacked support in the party. Huang Ju, who was made Vice-Premier in 2003, had the least votes in favour, with more than 300 delegates voting against him. Others in the bottom seven, in order from least popular, were Li Changchun (CPC propaganda chief), Zhang Gaoli (then Shandong Party Chief), Jia Qinglin (CPPCC Chairman), Xi Jinping (then Zhejiang Party chief), Li Yizhong, and Chen Zhili (made State Councilor). Shanghai party chief Chen Liangyu ranked 10th last, while Beijing party chief Liu Qi ranked 12th last. ^[1] The trend seems to reflect that many Politburo Standing Committee members were extremely unpopular within the party, and that their subsequent positioning is the result of power bargaining between top leaders alone, and not a collective decision by the party.

[edit] See also

• Politics of the People's Republic of China
• Open letter to the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Report from the 6th Plenum of the 16th CPC Congress