Governor of Sichuan

Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government
四川省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
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Incumbent Shi Xiaolin since 4 July 2024
Sichuan Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial level official
Reports to	Sichuan Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Sichuan Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Li Jingquan
Formation	May 1952
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

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

The governor is elected by the Sichuan 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 Sichuan 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 Sichuan Committee. ^[1] The current governor is Shi Xiaolin, who took office on 4 July 2024.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government
1		Li Jingquan (1908–1989)	August 1952	January 1955	Chinese Communist Party
Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Committee
2		Li Dazhang (1900–1976)	January 1955	May 1968	Chinese Communist Party
Director of the Sichuan Revolutionary Committee
3		Zhang Guohua (1914–1972)	May 1968	February 1972	Chinese Communist Party
4		Liu Xingyuan (1908–1990)	February 1972	October 1975
5		Zhao Ziyang (1919–2005)	October 1975	December 1979
Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government
6		Lu Dadong (1915–1998)	December 1979	December 1982
7		Yang Xizong (1928–2007)	December 1982	May 1985
8		Jiang Minkuan (1930–2012)	May 1985	January 1988	Chinese Communist Party
9		Zhang Haoruo (1932–2004)	January 1988	February 1993
10		Xiao Yang (1929–1998)	February 1993	February 1996
11		Song Baorui (1937–2022)	February 1996	June 1999		[2]
11		Zhang Zhongwei (born 1942)	June 1999	January 2007		[3]
12		Jiang Jufeng (born 1948)	January 2007	January 2013		[4]
13		Wei Hong (born 1954)	29 January 2013	22 January 2016		[5]
14		Yin Li (born 1962)	29 January 2016	2 December 2020		[6]
15		Huang Qiang (born 1963)	2 December 2020	28 June 2024		[7]
16		Shi Xiaolin (born 1969)	4 July 2024	Incumbent		[8]

References

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3. 张中伟简历 [Biography of Zhang Zhongwei]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). Archived from the original on February 24, 2003. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
4. Mingxin (2008-01-27). "Jiang Jufeng reelected governor of SW China's Sichuan Province". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
5. 魏宏同志简历 [Biography of Wei Hong]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2013-02-05.
6. 尹力任四川省代省长 原省长魏宏辞职 (in Chinese). Sichuan Daily. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
7. 黄强任四川省代省长 尹力辞去省长职务. Xinhua (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
8. "施小琳任四川省副省长、代理省长". cbgc.scol.com.cn (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-07-31. Retrieved 2024-07-31.