Xi Jinping did not join the Politburo Standing Committee.
Xi joined the Politburo Standing Committee and central secretariat in October 2007 , spending the next five years as Hu Jintao 's presumed successor .	Hu Jintao	Hu Jintao	Politburo Standing Committee	Politburo Standing Committee	central secretariat	Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee
