The Shanghai clique, also referred to as the Shanghai gang, Jiang clique, or Jiang faction, refers to an informal group of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who rose to prominence under former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin while he served as the party chief and mayor of Shanghai.
Han Zheng is a Chinese politician who since 2023 has served as the vice president of China. He previously served as the first-ranking vice premier of China between 2018 and 2023, and as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between 2017 and 2022.
The politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In the last few decades the city has produced many of the country's eventual senior leaders, including Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji, Wu Bangguo, Huang Ju, Xi Jinping, Yu Zhengsheng, Han Zheng, and Li Qiang.
Chen Liangyu is a Chinese politician best known for his tenure as the Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai, the city's top office, and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, from 2002 to 2006.
Ying Yong is a Chinese politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the Prosecutor-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Wang Anshun is a Chinese politician who served as Mayor of Beijing between 2012 and 2016, the 15th person to hold the office under Communist Party rule. Wang began his career in geological exploration, then made the transition into politics, serving in Gansu, Shanghai, and Beijing through his career.
Yang Xiong was a Chinese politician and business executive who served as Mayor of Shanghai, and prior to that, Chairman of Shanghai Airlines. Yang was a graduate of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with a master's degree in economics.
Li Qiang is a Chinese politician. He became the premier of China in March 2023, having been elevated to the second-ranking member on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee Politburo Standing Committee in October 2022. Li was the party secretary for Shanghai City from 2017 to 2022 where he pursued pro-business policies and handled the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gong Zheng is a Chinese politician who serves as Mayor and Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Shanghai. He was formerly Governor of Shandong Province, the CCP Secretary of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, and before that, Vice Governor and Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang, and deputy director of the General Administration of Customs. He graduated from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).
Ai Baojun is a former Chinese politician. He was the Vice Mayor of Shanghai and the head administrator of the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone. On November 10, 2015, Ai was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency. He was the first provincial-ministerial level official from Shanghai being investigated after the 18th Party Congress in 2012. He is said to be close with Jiang Mianheng, son of former Chinese Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin.
Luan Kejun is a former Chinese politician who spent his career in his home province Gansu in northwest China. He entered the workforce in December 1978, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1986. He was investigated by the Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft agency in November 2017. At the height of his career, he served as deputy party chief and mayor of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province.
Wang Xiaohong is a Chinese politician who has been serving as the Minister of Public Security of China since June 2022 and State Councilor of China since March 2023.
Jiang Zhuoqing is a Chinese politician who served as the chairperson of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress from 2020 to 2023.
Han Liming is a Chinese politician who has been communist party secretary of Nanjing, the top political position in the city, since June 2021.
Xu Kunlin is a Chinese politician who is the current governor of Jiangsu, in office since 19 October 2021. Previously he served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Suzhou, the largest city in Jiangsu.
Zhou Bo is a Chinese politician who is the current chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
The 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party , officially the Central Committee of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, comprises 205 members and 171 alternates. It was elected at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s 20th National Congress on 22 October 2022, and its term lasts until the election of the 21st Central Committee at the 21st National Congress, which is planned for 2027. The Central Committee is the party's highest decision-making body in a given period, is not a permanent body, and convenes for an unspecified number of times.
Zheng Renhao is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in south China's Guangdong province. He was investigated by China's top anti-graft agency in December 2022. Previously he served as deputy secretary-general of Guangdong Provincial People's Government.
The Shanghai Municipal People's Government is the local administrative agency of Shanghai. It is officially elected by the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and is formally responsible to the SMPC and its Standing Committee. The municipal government is headed by a mayor, currently Gong Zheng. Under the country's Leninist system, the mayor is subordinate to the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Wu Qing is a Chinese politician currently serving as chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, in office since 7 February 2024. He is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
