The term Tsinghua clique refers to a group of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) politicians that have graduated or have taught at Tsinghua University (Chinese: 清华大学; pinyin: Qīnghuá Dàxué). They are members of the fourth generation of Chinese leadership, and are purported to hold powerful reformist ideas (a number have studied in the United States following graduation from Tsinghua, and some are said to be influenced by the reform ideals of Hu Yaobang). Just like their predecessors, they attach great importance to socialism with Chinese characteristics. Their ascendance to power is likely to have begun in 2008 at the CCP's 17th National Congress.[citation needed]

Tsinghua clique
LeaderXi Jinping & Hu Jintao
MembersZhu Rongji
Lin Wenyi
Wang Qishan
Liu Yandong
Chen Xi
Li Xi
Hu Heping
Chen Jining
Zhang Guoqing
Founded1947 (Kuomintang)
2008 (Communist)
Dissolvedc. 1970s (Kuomintang)
HeadquartersCommunist:
Beijing
Kuomintang:
Nanking (to 1949)
Taipei (from 1949)
NewspaperPeople's Daily
IdeologyCommunists:
Chinese communism
Socialism with Chinese characteristics
Scientific Outlook on Development
Xi Jinping Thought
Populism
Chinese nationalism
Kuomintang:
Three Principles of the People
Chinese nationalism
Anti-communism

Many Tsinghua graduates rise to political prominence. Among the 7 standing committees at the Politburo, there is one Tsinghua graduate; among the 25 Politburo committee members, there are three.[citation needed]

Key figures are reported to currently include:

Retired or deceased:

The Tsinghua clique also referred to a group of Nationalist Chinese politicians who held high power in the Republic of China government and fled to Taiwan with the government during the Chinese Civil War. All of them are deceased:

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