Exclusive | Where will Liu He, the mastermind of China’s economic policies, go next?
Economist is expected to take a seat on Politburo and replace Wang Huning as Communist Party’s principal theorist
President Xi Jinping’s trusted economic adviser Liu He is in line for promotion to the role of Communist Party principal theorist, taking over from fellow academic and politician Wang Huning, the South China Morning Post has learned.
The changes will be made at the party’s twice-a-decade national congress that is under way in Beijing and ends on Tuesday. All eyes are on the new line-up for the seven-member Standing Committee, but the Politburo will also see a big shake-up, with about half of its 25 members to be replaced.
Liu, who is a member of the lower-level leadership body the Central Committee, is also expected to take a seat on the Politburo.
Although he is at a ministerial-level rank for now, Liu has a higher international profile than other more senior officials because of his close ties to Xi.