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Who's in? Who's out? China's Communist Party Central Committee

BEIJING, Oct 24 (Reuters) China's ruling Communist Party on Tuesday announced a new Central Committee, the largest of its elite ruling bodies, at the closing session of the 19th Communist Party Congress, a course-setting leadership reshuffle held every five years.
The list provides clues to who will, or won't, fill top Party positions during President Xi Jinping's second term. The party will announce its new Politburo Standing Committee, which now includes seven members headed by Xi and is the apex of power in China. It is selected by the new Central Committee, around midday (0400 GMT) on Wednesday.
Here are noteworthy names:
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