Team Xi: China's new leadership lineup

Most Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee members have ties to leader

20221023 members

The leadership team of Xi Jinping, center, is, clockwise from top-right: Zhao Leji, Cai Qi, Li Xi, Ding Xuexiang, Wang Huning and Li Qiang. © Reuters

GRACE LI, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Xi Jinping has unveiled a lineup of loyalists in his new inner circle after he secured a third term as China's leader.

The members of the Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee were introduced by Xi in ranking order on Sunday, offering clues about the country's next premier and other key posts.

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