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    Published : 2026-06-01
    Vol. 74 No. 3 (2026)

    Prospects for Generational Power Succession in the People’s Republic of China in the Context of 21st Congress of the Communist Party of China

    Józef Pawłowski

    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5968-9629

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh26743.8

    Abstract

    The article examines the perspectives for generational shift in the Chinese Communist Party top leadership at the 21st Party Congress in the year 2027. As Xi Jinping has reached the half of his third term as a CCP Central Committee Secretary General questions and concerns begin to arise whether he will eventually step down and pave the way for a younger generation of leaders and cadres. In recent years, generational change is occurring in the CCP with a significant rise of leaders born in the 1960s and 1970s, who are now moving into top national and provincial leadership roles. Younger cadres, born in the 1980s, are also advancing to mid-level positions, many with STEM backgrounds and elite educations from universities like Tsinghua. However two years prior to the 21st Party Congress there are no signs that Xi Jinping is preparing his successor and that he is willing to advance more 1960s cadres into CCP top governing bodies such as Politburo and Politburo Standing Committee.

    Keywords:

    generational shift, 21st Party Congress, 1960s cadres, factional struggle, personnel changes, Central Military Commission, collective leadership



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    Roczniki Humanistyczne · ISSN 0035-7707 | eISSN 2544-5200 | DOI: 10.18290/rh
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