This new 20th CC has 138 new members out of 204 members, or 67.6%, indicating that Xi
Jinping has packed it with his loyalists. The 19th CC had 85 new members out of 205 full
members – or 41.5%.
In the new 20th CC among the 43 PLA members, 13 are PLA Lt. Generals and the remaining
30 are PLA Generals. The service-wise distribution of members is: PLAAF (5); PLAN (10),
PAP (3), PLAA (23), PLARF (2). The 20th CC has 11 female members, up one compared to the 19th CC, and only 9 from the
Ethnic Minorities-- a sharp drop from the 15 in the 19th CC.
(Comment: Those notable among those who have gone are: Li Xiaopeng. aged 63 and Li Peng's
son; Song Tao and 69 year Chen Xi, Head of the CCP CC Organisation Dept.; Chen Quanguo,
Politburo member and former Party Secretary Chen of Xinjiang; and 1954-born Luo Huining.)
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