Will Zhao Leji be selected for the CCP Politburo Standing Committee at the National Congress?
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This is probably the scariest person in China, if you are a corrupt Party official. Zhao Leji is the Chairman of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and a current member of the Politburo Standing Commission. This market resolves YES if Zhao is still a member of the Politburo Standing Committee following this years National Congress. Resolves NO if he is replaced.

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Zhao Leji has been confirmed selected.

China's Communist Party names 7-member Standing Committee, its inner circle of power, dominated by Xi allies. On Sunday, following the first meeting of the party’s new Central Committee, six men in addition to Xi were selected to be members of the Politburo Standing Committee, China’s top ruling body:

  • Li Qiang

  • Zhao Leji

  • Wang Huning

  • Cai Qi

  • Ding Xuexiang

  • Li Xi

They now compose the Politburo Standing Committee, China’s most powerful decision-making body, and will sit atop of the party to drive the world’s second-largest economy over the coming half decade. BBC Live Stream.