The People's Liberation Army (PLA) and People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) on September 6, 2017, announced that they had elected a total of 303 Delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA elected 253 Delegates to attend the 19th Party Congress. There are three Tibetans in the list of the PLA's Delegates unlike at the 18th Party Congress in November 2012 when there were none. Central Military Commision (CMC) members included in the list of Delegates are: Wei Fenghe, Chang Wanquan, Wu Shengli, Ma Xiaotian, Fan Changlong, Zhao Keshi and Xu Qiliang. Retired PLA Navy Commander Wu Shengli is also among the Delegates. Missing are Fang Fenghui and Zhang Yang (Director of the General Political Dept now merged into the CMC), both rumoured to be under 'investigation' on charges of corruption.
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