It should be noted that apart from Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, all the other members of the new standing committee were born in the late 1940s and therefore would need to retire at the 19th Party Congress if the informally mandated retirement rules still holds in 2017.
It should be noted that apart from Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, all the other members of the new standing committee were born in the late 1940s. Li Yuanchao (born 1950) and Wang Yang (born 1955) ostensibly could still join the 19th standing committee if the informally mandated retirement rules still holds in 2017.