China's Premier Li Keqiang dropped in leadership shuffle
The closing session of the weeklong congress of the Communist Party of China approved a list of 205-member Central Committee
By AP News
Published - Oct 22, 2022, 08:31 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 24, 2023, 01:52 AM EDT
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, the nation's No. 2 official and a chief proponent of economic reforms, is among four of the seven members of the nation's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee who will not be reappointed in a leadership shuffle Sunday.
The four were not on the list of the ruling Communist Party's new 205-member Central Committee that was approved Saturday at the closing session of a weeklong party congress that set the leadership and agenda for the next five years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
