Visitors are seen silhouetted against a Chinese Communist Party flag displayed at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China September 3, 2022.
REUTERS/Florence LoBEIJING, Oct 11 (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party will reshuffle its leadership when it holds a once-in-five-years Congress starting Oct 16, with Xi Jinping widely expected to stay on for a third term as general secretary, China's senior-most position.
Economic tsar and Vice Premier Liu He, 70, is due for retirement.
The only woman in the Politburo, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, 72, is also due to retire.
Xu Qiliang and Zhang Youxia, both military chiefs in the Politburo age 72, are also due to retire.