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The twelve who have retained their position in the 20th Politburo are: 习近平 Xi Jinping 1953 General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party President of the People's Republic of China Chairman of the Central Military Commission 王沪宁 Wang Huning 1955 Secretary of the Central Secretariat (first-ranked) 赵乐际 Zhao Leji 1957 Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection 3 丁薛祥 Ding Xuexiang 1962 Director of the General Office 李希 Li Xi 1956 Party Secretary of Guangdong 李强 Li Qiang 1959 Party Secretary of Shanghai 李鸿忠 Li Hongzhong 1956 Party Secretary of Tianjin 胡春华 Hu Chunhua 1963 Vice Premier of the State Council 张又侠 Zhang Youxia 1950 Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (72 years old) 陈敏尔 Chen Min'er 1960 Party Secretary of Chongqing 黄坤明 Huang Kunming 1956 Head of the Propaganda Department 蔡奇 Cai Qi 1955 Party Secretary of Beijing (Comment: Among those dropped though below the retirement age are: Premier Li Keqiang, PBSC member and CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang, former Xinjiang party chief Chen Guanguo who is 66, years old and Hu Chunhua who was demoted to the Central Committee. There are no women in the Politburo.)