Governor of Jilin

Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government
吉林省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Hu Yuting since 2 April 2023
Jilin Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial level official
Reports to	Jilin Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Jilin Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Zhou Baozhong
Formation	December 1945
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

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

The governor is elected by the Jilin 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 Jilin 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 Jilin Committee. ^[1] The current governor is Hu Yuting, who took office on 2 April 2023.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government
–		Zhou Baozhong (1902–1964)	December 1945	September 1949	Chinese Communist Party
1		Zhou Chiheng (1915–1986)	September 1949	January 1952
2		Li Youwen (1901–1984)	January 1952	February 1955
Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Committee
(2)		Li Youwen (1901–1984)	February 1955	March 1968	Chinese Communist Party
Director of the Jilin Revolutionary Committee
3		Wang Huaixiang (1920–2013)	March 1968	February 1977	Chinese Communist Party
4		Wang Enmao (1913–2001)	February 1977	March 1980
Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government
5		Yu Ke (1913–2004)	March 1980	June 1982	Chinese Communist Party
6		Zhang Gensheng (1923–2008)	June 1982	April 1983
7		Zhao Xiu (1921–1992)	April 1983	June 1985
8		Gao Dezhan (born 1932)	June 1985	July 1987
9		He Zhukang (born 1932)	July 1987	March 1989
10		Wang Zhongyu (born 1933)	March 1989	March 1992
11		Gao Yan (born 1942)	March 1992	June 1995
12		Wang Yunkun (born 1942)	June 1995	September 1998
13		Hong Hu (born 1940)	September 1998	October 2004
13		Wang Min (born 1950)	October 2004	December 2006
14		Han Changfu (born 1954)	December 2006	December 2009
15		Wang Rulin (born 1953)	1 December 2009	19 December 2012		[2]
16		Bayanqolu (born 1955)	31 January 2013	5 September 2014		[3]
17		Jiang Chaoliang (born 1957)	5 September 2014	17 November 2016		[4]
18		Liu Guozhong (born 1961)	12 December 2016	2 January 2018		[5]
19		Jing Junhai (born 1960)	2 January 2018	25 November 2020		[6]
20		Han Jun (born 1963)	25 November 2020	2 April 2023		[7]
21		Hu Yuting (born 1964)	2 April 2023	Incumbent		[8]

References

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3. 巴音朝鲁简历 [Biography of Bayanqolu] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
4. 蒋超良当选吉林省省长(图/简历). Xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
5. "ACFTU Vice-secretary Liu was transferred to Sichuan". Sina News. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
6. "北京市委副书记景俊海任吉林省代省长". 新华网. 2018-01-02. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
7. 韩俊出任吉林省代省长. China News Service . Retrieved 28 November 2020.
8. Yi Yi (伊一) (30 October 2021). 胡玉亭任辽宁省委副书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 November 2022.