Last Updated on October 22, 2022 by Bitfinsider

On Saturday, China announced that its new central committee would include numerous well-known supporters of Chinese President Xi Jinping, while omitting a number of officials renowned for their pro-market stances.

The central committee then elects the Politburo and the standing committee of the Politburo. State media have stated that the names of people selected for these crucial positions would be announced on Sunday at noon in Beijing.

The present Politburo consists of seven people, but four of them were not on the original list. Xi, Wang Huning (famous for his ideological work), and Zhao Leji (now in charge of party discipline) were the only three people left.

Despite this, both Shanghai’s Party Secretary Li Qiang and his Beijing colleague Cai Qi remained on the list of central committee members.

Li Qiang Xi’s apprentice was contacted by the Center for China Analysis at the Asia Society Policy Institute. New members of the central committee included other Xi supporters that had been identified by the Asia Society.

According to the Asia Society report, Ding Xuexiang is a member of the Politburo and “essentially Xi’s Chief of Staff, as well as in charge of his personal security.”

According to Asia Society, Chen Min’er is now the party secretary of the Chongqing municipality after Xi “abrupt ousting” the previous secretary. Chen is a member of the Politburo.

Xi’s close collaborator in Fujian and Zhejiang, Huang Kunming, a member of the Politburo and the chief of China’s publicity department, according to the report.

Some had anticipated that Foreign Minister Wang Yi would step down to make way for a less muscular Chinese foreign policy, but he was still included in the new group.

The Chinese ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, also appeared on the updated list.

Another frontrunner for the lead part, Hu Chunhua, remained on consideration. Hu’s ties to Xi’s father, Hu Jintao, are strong. This month, Brookings senior fellow Cheng Li argued that Xi choosing people from outside his camp would signify “leadership unity.” If Cheng Li were promoted, he would be the first person appointed by Xi who was not part of his faction.

From what has been reported and what has been seen by several eyewitnesses, Hu Jintao was removed from his place next to Xi during Saturday’s closing ceremony of the party’s 20th National Congress. He was escorted out of the building for no apparent reason.

Those that did not make the cut

Yi Gang, the governor of the People’s Bank of China, was not included on the list; however, Yi Huiman, the chair of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, was.

The latest list of 205 members of the central committee of the Communist Party of China did not include Wang Yang, who is known to be more market-oriented and a prospective candidate for the premiership.

The premier who will succeed Li Keqiang, was not included either.

The name Liu He, a vice premier who oversaw trade talks with the United States, was conspicuously absent from the list.

Guo Shuqing, a regulator for the banking industry, was not included on the new list for the central committee.