The16th Secretariat, formally theSecretariat of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was nominated by the16th Politburo Standing Committee and approved by the 1st Plenary Session of the16th Central Committee on 15 November 2002, in the aftermath of the16th National Congress of theChinese Communist Party (CCP). Thiselectoral term was preceded by the15th Secretariat and succeeded by the17th in 2007.
| Portrait | Name | Hanzi | Birth | PM | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | 1942 | 1964 | [2] |
| Rank | Name | Hanzi | 15th SEC | 17th SEC | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace | Academic attainment | No. of offices | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeng Qinghong | 曾庆红 | Old | Not | 1939 | 1960 | Alive | Jiangxi | Two
| [3] | |
| 2 | Liu Yunshan | 刘云山 | New | Reelected | 1947 | 1971 | Alive | Shanxi | Not made public
| One
| [4] |
| 3 | Zhou Yongkang | 周永康 | New | Not | 1942 | 1964 | Alive | Jiangsu | [5] | ||
| 4 | He Guoqiang | 贺国强 | New | Not | 1943 | 1966 | Alive | Hunan | One
| [6] | |
| 5 | Wang Gang | 王刚 | New | Not | 1942 | 1971 | Alive | Jilin | One
| [7] | |
| 6 | Xu Caihou | 徐才厚 | New | Not | 1943 | 1971 | 2015 | Hebei | Not made public
| Two
| [8] |
| 7 | He Yong | 何勇 | New | Reelected | 1940 | 1958 | Alive | Hebei | Not made public
| One
| [9] |