Governor of Henan

Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government
河南省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
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Incumbent Wang Kai since 2 April 2021
Henan Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial level official
Reports to	Henan Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Henan Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Henan Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Wu Zhipu
Formation	May 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

The governor of Henan, officially the Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government, is the head of Henan Province and leader of the Henan Provincial People's Government.

The governor is elected by the Henan Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Henan Committee. ^[1] The current governor is Wang Kai, who took office on 2 April 2021.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government
1		Wu Zhipu (1906–1967)	May 1949	January 1955	Chinese Communist Party
Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Committee
(1)		Wu Zhipu (1906–1967)	January 1955	July 1962	Chinese Communist Party
2		Wen Minsheng (1915–1997)	July 1962	January 1968
Director of the Henan Revolutionary Committee
3		Liu Jianxun (1913–1983)	January 1968	October 1978	Chinese Communist Party
4		Duan Junyi (1910–2004)	October 1978	September 1979
Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government
5		Liu Jie (1915–2018)	September 1979	December 1981	Chinese Communist Party
6		Yu Mingtao (1917–2017)	December 1981	December 1982
7		Dai Suli (1919–2000)	December 1982	March 1983
8		He Zhukang (born 1932)	March 1983	July 1987
9		Cheng Weigao (1933–2010)	July 1987	July 1990
10		Li Changchun (born 1944)	July 1990	December 1992
11		Ma Zhongchen (1936–2021)	December 1992	July 1998
12		Li Keqiang (1955–2023)	24 July 1998	18 January 2003		[2]
13		Li Chengyu (born 1946)	18 January 2003	8 April 2008
14		Guo Gengmao (born 1950)	8 April 2008	27 March 2013		[3]
15		Xie Fuzhan (born 1954)	2 April 2013	5 April 2016		[4]
16		Chen Run'er (born 1957)	7 April 2016	6 December 2019		[5]
17		Yin Hong (born 1963)	6 December 2019	2 April 2021		[6]
18		Wang Kai (born 1962)	2 April 2021	Incumbent		[7]

References

1. "Decoding Chinese Politics: Provincial Leaders". Asia Society . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. "Li Keqiang 李克强" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
3. "Guo Gengmao elected vice governor, acting governor of Henan; Li Chengyu resigns as governor" (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2008-04-08. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
4. 谢伏瞻 [Xie Fuzhan] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
5. 宁夏回族自治区党委主要负责同志职务调整 陈润儿任宁夏回族自治区党委书记 (in Chinese (China)). Xinhua. 2019-10-25. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
6. 尹弘任河南省代理省长. People Daily (in Chinese). 2019-12-06.
7. 王凯任河南省代省长 [Wang Kai appointed acting governor of Henan]. qq.com (in Chinese). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.