Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China

The delegates to the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China elected a 356-member new Party 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

Members of the Party Central Committee

The 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
- Central Committee Secretariat: Zeng Qinghong, Liu Yunshan, Zhou Yongkang, He Guoqiang, Wang Gang, Xu Caihou and He Yong (Nov. 15, 2002, the first plenary session of the 16th CPC Central Committee)
the Politburo Standing Committee: Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Luo Gan, Huang Ju, Wen Jiabao, Wu Guanzheng, Wu Bangguo and Zeng Qinghong
the Political Bureau (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