Governor of Shanxi

Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government
山西省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
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Incumbent Jin Xiangjun since 29 December 2022
Shanxi Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial level official
Reports to	Shanxi Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Shanxi Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Cheng Zihua
Formation	August 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

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

The governor is elected by the Shanxi 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 Shanxi 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 Shanxi Committee. ^[1] The current governor is Jin Xiangjun, who took office on 29 December 2022.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government
1		Cheng Zihua (1905–1991)	August 1949	February 1951	Chinese Communist Party
2		Lai Ruoyu (1910–1958)	February 1951	May 1952
3		Pei Lisheng (1906–2000)	May 1952	February 1955
Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Committee
(3)		Pei Lisheng (1906–2000)	February 1955	April 1956	Chinese Communist Party
4		Wang Shiying (1905–1968)	April 1956	November 1958
5		Wei Heng (1915–1967)	November 1958	December 1965
6		Wang Qian (1917–2007)	December 1965	January 1967
Director of the Shanxi Revolutionary Committee
7		Liu Geping (1904–1992)	January 1967	April 1971	Chinese Communist Party
8		Xie Zhenhua (1916–2011)	April 1971	May 1975
9		Wang Qian (1917–2007)	May 1975	December 1979
Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government
10		Luo Guibo (1907–1995)	December 1979	April 1983	Chinese Communist Party
10		Wang Senhao (1933–2022)	April 1983	July 1992
11		Hu Fuguo (born 1937)	23 July 1992	20 September 1993
12		Sun Wensheng (born 1942)	September 1993	July 1999
13		Liu Zhenhua (born 1940)	July 1999	January 2004
13		Zhang Baoshun (born 1950)	19 February 2004	9 July 2005
14		Yu Youjun (born 1953)	9 July 2005	3 September 2007
15		Meng Xuenong (born 1949)	3 September 2007	14 September 2008		[2]
16		Wang Jun (born 1952)	14 September 2008	19 December 2012		[3]
17		Li Xiaopeng (born 1959)	29 January 2013	30 August 2016		[4]
18		Lou Yangsheng (born 1959)	30 August 2016	5 December 2019		[5]
19		Lin Wu (born 1962)	5 December 2019	4 June 2021		[6]
20		Lan Fo'an (born 1962)	4 June 2021	29 December 2022		[7]
21		Jin Xiangjun (born 1964)	29 December 2022	Incumbent		[8]

References

1. "Decoding Chinese Politics: Provincial Leaders". Asia Society . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. "Meng Xuenong appointed acting governor of north China's Shanxi Province". Xinhua. 2007. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
3. "Shanxi province gets new governor". China Daily. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
4. 李小鹏就任山西副省长 承诺"当好人民公仆" (in Chinese). Xinhua. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
5. "Rising stars emerge in Communist Party reshuffle as Xi Jinping paves way for 2017 party congress". South China Morning Post. 30 August 2016.
6. 林武任山西代省长 楼阳生辞去省长职务. sina. 5 December 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
7. Wan Tingting (万婷婷) (4 June 2021). 蓝佛安任山西省副省长、代理山西省省长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
8. Yi Yi (伊一) (29 December 2022). 蓝佛安任山西省委书记 金湘军任省委副书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 December 2022.