The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 19th National Congress in 2017, and sat until the next National Congress was convened in 2022. It formally succeeded the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and preceded the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
The first plenary session in 2017 was responsible for electing the bodies in which the authority of the Central Committee is invested when it is not in session: the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee. It was also responsible for approving the members of the Secretariat, 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and its Standing Committee. The third plenary session in 2018 nominated candidates for state positions. The fourth plenary session issued a decision on modernizing governance. The 19th Central Committee is the first Central Committee in which all the members were born after the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Plenums Plenum Start–end Length Summary 1st Plenary Session 25 October 2017 1 dayXi Jinping was elected General Secretary and CMC Chairman. A 25-member Politburo, 7-member Politburo Standing Committee and seven member Secretariat with Wang Huning as first-ranking secretary were elected. The plenum approved the composition SC–CCDI elected by the CCDI 1st Plenary Session, and the election of Zhao Leji as CCDI Secretary, CCDI Secretary-General and several CCDI deputy secretaries. 2nd Plenary Session 18–19 January 2018 2 daysA revision to the Constitution of China to include Xi Jinping Thought, a strengthening of party leadership and a restructuring of the national supervisory system in the constitutional text were decided upon. 3rd Plenary Session 26–28 February 2018 3 daysDraft decisions and lists of nominees for top state positions to be submitted to the 1st Sessions of the 13th National People's Congress and the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. 4th Plenary Session 28–31 October 2019 4 daysThe committee passed the "Decision on Upholding and Perfecting Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Advancing the Modernization of the Governance System and Governance Ability". The Committee affirmed Liu Shiyu's removal from the body and his two-year probation. Ma Zhengwu and Ma Weiming were admitted as full members of the Central Committee. 5th Plenary Session 26–29 October 2020 4 days It adopted the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (2021–2025) and the "Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035". 6th Plenary Session 8–11 November 2021 4 days It adopted Resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the Party's 100 years of endeavors.7th Plenary Session9-12 October 20224 days
Working organs Heads of department-level institutions Institution Name Hanzi Took office Left office Tenure Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Zhao Leji 1957 赵乐际 24 October 2017 22 October 2022 General Office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs Liu He 1952 刘鹤 24 October 2017 22 October 2022 General Office of the Central Committee for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi 1950 杨洁篪 24 October 2017 22 October 2022 Central International Liaison Department Song Tao 1955 宋涛 24 October 2017 1 June 2022 Liu Jianchao 1964 刘建超1 June 202222 October 2022 Central Organization Department Chen Xi 1953 陈希 28 October 2017 22 October 2022 Central Policy Research Office Wang Huning 1955 王沪宁 24 October 2017 1 October 2020 Jiang Jinquan 1959 江金权1 October 202022 October 2022 Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission Guo Shengkun 1954 郭声琨 31 October 2017 28 October 2022 Central Publicity Department Huang Kunming 1956 黄坤明 29 October 2017 26 October 2022 Central Taiwan Task Office Zhang Zhijun 1953 张志军 24 October 2017 21 March 2018 Liu Jieyi 1957 刘结一 21 March 2018 22 October 2022 Central United Front Work Department You Quan 1954 尤权 7 November 2017 27 October 2022 General Office Ding Xuexiang 1962 丁薛祥 29 October 2017 22 October 2022 General Office of the Central Institutional Organization Commission Zhang Jinan 1957 张纪南 24 October 2017 13 May 2019 Zhou Zuyi 1965 周祖翼 13 May 2019 30 April 2022 Li Xiaoxin 1962 李小新30 April 202222 October 2022 International Communications Office Jiang Jianguo 1956 蒋建国 24 October 2017 31 July 2018 Xu Lin 1957 徐麟 21 August 2018 8 June 2022 Working Committee of Organs for Central and State Organs Ding Xuexiang 1962 丁薛祥 29 October 2017 22 October 2022
Heads of institutions Institution Name Hanzi Took office Left office Tenure Central Compilation and Translation Bureau Jia Gaojian 1959 贾高建 24 October 2017 22 March 2018 Central Literature Research Office Leng Rong 1953 冷溶 24 October 2017 22 March 2018 Central Party History Research Centre Qu Qingshan 1957 曲青山 24 October 2017 22 March 2018 Central Party School Chen Xi 1953 陈希 24 October 2017 22 October 2022 China Executive Leadership Academy, Jinggangshan Chen Xi 1953 陈希 24 October 2017 22 October 2022 China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong China Executive Leadership Academy, Yan'an Guangming Daily Zhang Zheng 1966 张政 24 October 2017 1 May 2021 Wang Huimin 1965 王慧敏1 May 202122 October 2022 Institute of Party History and Literature Leng Rong 1953 冷溶 21 November 2018 30 April 2019 Qu Qingshan 1957 曲青山 30 April 2019 22 October 2022 People's Daily Yang Zhenwu 1955 杨振武 24 October 2017 3 April 2018 Li Baoshan 1955 李宝善 3 April 2018 16 October 2020 Tuo Zhen 1959 庹震16 October 202022 October 2022 Qiushi Li Jie 1955 李捷 24 October 2017 24 August 2018 Xia Weidong 1955 夏伟东 24 August 2018 22 October 2022 References for table (if not referenced here, it is referenced by the section "Sources"):
Membership Members Notes The Hanzi column is listed according to the number of strokes in their surnames, which is the official ordering method.