Zhao Leji

Zhao Leji
Zhao Leji
赵乐际
	Zhao in 2024
11th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 March 2023
Leader	Xi Jinping
Vice Chairpersons	See list Li Hongzhong; Wang Dongming; Xiao Jie; Zheng Jianbang; Ding Zhongli; Hao Mingjin; Cai Dafeng; He Wei; Wu Weihua; Tie Ning; Peng Qinghua; Zhang Qingwei; Losang Jamcan; Shohrat Zakir; ;
Secretary-General	Liu Qi
Preceded by	Li Zhanshu
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
	In office; 25 October 2017 – 23 October 2022
Deputy	Yang Xiaodu
General Secretary	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Wang Qishan
Succeeded by	Li Xi
Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party
	In office; 19 November 2012 – 28 October 2017
Deputy	Chen Xi
General Secretary	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Li Yuanchao
Succeeded by	Chen Xi
Communist Party Secretary of Shaanxi
	In office; 25 March 2007 – 19 November 2012
Preceded by	Li Jianguo
Succeeded by	Zhao Zhengyong
Communist Party Secretary of Qinghai
	In office; 19 August 2003 – 26 March 2007
Preceded by	Su Rong
Succeeded by	Qiang Wei
Personal details
Born	8 March 1957 (age 67); Xining, Qinghai, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1975–present)
Relations	Zhao Leqin (brother), ; Former Party Secretary of Guilin
Alma mater	Peking University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	赵乐际
Traditional Chinese	趙樂際
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Lèjì
Wade–Giles	Chao Lê-chi
IPA	[ʈʂâʊ lɤ̂.tɕî]

Zhao Leji (Chinese: 赵乐际; pinyin: Zhào Lèjì; born 8 March 1957) is a Chinese politician, who is the current chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

In his earlier political career, he served as the Communist Party Secretary of Qinghai, the party secretary of Shaanxi, and the head of the Organization Department of the CCP. He entered the CCP Politburo in 2012 and was promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee five years later. Between 2017 and 2022, he was the secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's top anti-corruption body.