The 16th Central Committee of the

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was in session from 2002 to 2007. It held seven plenary sessions. It was set in motion by the

16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing between November 8 and 14, 2002. It was preceded by the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. 2,114 delegates and 40 specially invited delegates a ...

. The 15th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It elected the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 2002. There were seven plenary sessions held in the five-year period facilitated by the

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Members

:''In stroke order of surnames:''

Brief chronology

#''1st Plenary Session'' #*Date: November 15, 2002 #*Location:

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#*Significance: Significance:

Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, and ...

was elected

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Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as p ...

was appointed Chairman of the Central Military Commission. A 25-members

, a 9-members Politburo Standing Committee and a 7-members Secretariat with Zeng Qinghong as first-ranking secretary were elected.

Wu Guanzheng Wu Guanzheng (born August 11, 1938), also spelled as Wu Kuan-cheng is a former Chinese politician and one of the major leaders of the Chinese Communist Party during the administration of Hu Jintao. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee ...

was appointed secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Wen Jiabao entered the Politburo Standing Committee for the first time. #''2nd Plenary Session'' #*Date: February 24–25, 2003 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance: The meeting approved lists of nominees for top posts of the

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and the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. #''3rd Plenary Session'' #*Date: October 11–14, 2003 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance: A ''Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Certain Issues Concerning the Socialist Market Economy System'' and a ''Proposal by the CCP Central Committee to Revise Parts of the State Constitution'' were adopted. Regulations to facilitate private enterprise were called for. #''4th Plenary Session'' #*Date: September 16–19, 2004 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance: Hu Jintao delivered a report on behalf of the Politburo, Zeng Qinghong delivered an explanatory speech on the ''Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Strengthening the Party's Governance Capability''. Jiang Zemin announced his retirement, and Hu Jintao was appointed Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with

Xu Caihou Xu Caihou (; June 1943 – March 15, 2015) was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the country's top military council. As Vice-chairman of the CMC, he was one of th ...

replacing him as vice-chairman. #''5th Plenary Session'' #*Date: October 8–11, 2005 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance: Hu Jintao delivered a report on behalf of the Politburo, Wen Jiabao made a report on the guidelines for the 11th Five-Year Plan. The goal to promote "social harmony" was launched. The official communique stressed on the ''"building of democratic rule of law, justice, sincerity, amity, vitality, stability and order"'', and simultaneously fostered the promotion of cross-straits relations with

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and the ''"reunification of the motherland"''; on March 15, an Anti-Secession Law had been adopted. #''6th Plenary Session'' #*Date: October 8–11, 2006 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance: Hu Jintao delivered a report on behalf of the Politburo,

Wu Bangguo Wu Bangguo (born 12 July 1941) is a retired high-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China. He was the Chairman and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to ...

made an explanatory speech on the ''Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Certain Major Issues in the Building of an Harmonious Socialist Society''. #''7th Plenary Session'' #*Date: October 9–12, 2007 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance: Preparations for the Party's 17th National Congress were made. The

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was officially endorsed. Former

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Chen Liangyu, close ally to Jiang Zemin and rival to Hu Jintao, and former Mayor of Qingdao Du Shicheng were expelled from the Party for alleged corruption.

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