General Secretary of the Central Committee
| Portrait | Name | Hanzi | Birth | PM | Ethnicity | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | 1942 | 1964 | Han | [2] |
The 16th Secretariat, formally the Secretariat of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was nominated by the 16th Politburo Standing Committee and approved by the 1st Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee on 15 November 2002, in the aftermath of the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This electoral term was preceded by the 15th Secretariat and succeeded by the 17th in 2007.
| Portrait | Name | Hanzi | Birth | PM | Ethnicity | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | 1942 | 1964 | Han | [2] |
| Rank | Name | Hanzi | 15th SEC | 17th SEC | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace | Educational attainment | Ethnicity | Gender | No. of offices | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeng Qinghong | 曾庆红 | Old | Not | 1939 | 1960 | Alive | Jiangxi province | Han | Male | Two
| [3] | |
| 2 | Liu Yunshan | 刘云山 | New | Reelected | 1947 | 1971 | Alive | Shanxi province | Not made public
| Han | Male | One
| [4] |
| 3 | Zhou Yongkang | 周永康 | New | Not | 1942 | 1964 | Alive | Jiangsu province | Han | Male | [5] | ||
| 4 | He Guoqiang | 贺国强 | New | Not | 1943 | 1966 | Alive | Hunan province | Han | Male | One
| [6] | |
| 5 | Wang Gang | 王刚 | New | Not | 1942 | 1971 | Alive | Jilin province | Han | Male | One
| [7] | |
| 6 | Xu Caihou | 徐才厚 | New | Not | 1943 | 1971 | 2015 | Hebei province | Not made public
| Han | Male | Two
| [8] |
| 7 | He Yong | 何勇 | New | Reelected | 1940 | 1958 | Alive | Hebei province | Not made public
| Han | Male | One
| [9] |
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