Li Keqiang
Age: 52
From: Anhui
Position: Communist Party of China (CPC) secretary in Liaoning (2004)
Education: Law and economics (Peking University)
Pedigree: Chinese Communist Youth League (CYLC); CPC secretary in Henan
Li Yuanchao
Age: 57
From: Jiangsu
Position: CPC secretary in Jiangsu (2002)
Education: Economics (Peking University); law (Central Party School); Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University)
Pedigree: Formerly a teacher and CYLC official in Shanghai
Wang Yang
Age: 52
From: Anhui
Position: CPC secretary in Chongqing (2005)
Education: Engineering (University of Science and Technology)
Pedigree: State Development and Reform Commission; State Council
Xi Jinping
Age: 54
From: Shaanxi
Position: CPC secretary in Shanghai (2007)
Education: Engineering (Tsinghua University)
Pedigree: A “princeling” (son of former communist revolutionary Xi Zhongxun); governor in Fujian; CPC secretary in Zhejiang