Mayor of Tianjin

Mayor of the Tianjin Municipal People's Government
天津市人民政府市长
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Zhang Gong since 30 December 2021
Tianjin Municipal People's Government
Type	Head of government
Reports to	Tianjin Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress
Appointer	Tianjin Municipal People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Huang Jing
Formation	15 August 1949
Deputy	Deputy Mayors Secretary-General

The mayor of Tianjin, officially the Mayor of the Tianjin Municipal People's Government, is the head of Tianjin Municipality and leader of the Tianjin Municipal People's Government.

The mayor is elected by the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The mayor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the municipal government. The mayor is assisted by an executive vice mayor as well as several vice mayors. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The mayor the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Tianjin Committee. ^[1] The current mayor is Zhang Gong, who took office on 30 December 2021.

List of mayors

Republic of China

1928–1937

Officeholder		Term of office		Ref.
		Took office	Left office
	Nan Guixin (1884–1966)	June 1928	September 1928
	Cui Tingxian (1875–1942)	September 1928	October 1930
	Zang Qifang (1894–1961)	October 1930	April 1931
	Zhang Xueming (1908–1983)	April 1931	October 1931
	Zhou Longguang (1885–?)	October 1931	December 1932
	Yu Xuezhong (1890–1964)	December 1932	August 1933
	Wang Tao (1866–1937)	August 1933	October 1934
	Zhang Tingye (1890–1973)	October 1934	June 1935
	Shang Zhen (1888–1978)	June 1935	July 1935
	Cheng Ke (1878–1936)	July 1935	November 1935
	Xiao Zhenying (1890–1947)	November 1935	August 1936
	Zhang Zizhong (1891–1940)	August 1936	July 1937
	Li Wentian (1894–1951)	July 1937	August 1937

Japanese occupation (1937–1945)

Officeholder		Term of office		Ref.
		Took office	Left office
	Gao Lingwei (1870–1940)	1 August 1937	7 January 1938
	Pan Yugui (1884–1961)	7 January 1938	28 April 1939
	Wen Shizhen (1877–1951)	28 April 1939	19 March 1943
	Wang Xugao (1890–1951)	19 March 1943	17 October 1943
	Li Pengtu (1898–?)	17 October 1943	15 November 1943
	Zhang Renli (1900–1951)	15 November 1943	1 March 1945
	Zhou Diping (?–?)	1 March 1945	29 September 1945

1945–1949

Officeholder		Term of office		Political party	Ref.
		Took office	Left office
	Zhang Tingye (1890–1973)	29 September 1945	November 1946	Kuomintang
	Du Jianshi (1907–1989)	November 1946	January 1949

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Political party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
1		Huang Jing (1912–1958)	15 August 1949	August 1952	Chinese Communist Party
2		Wu De (1913–1995)	August 1952	January 1955
3		Huang Huoqing (1901–1999)	21 January 1955	4 July 1958
4		Li Gengtao (1912–1974)	4 July 1958	28 December 1963
5		Hu Zhaoheng (1915–1999)	28 December 1963	6 December 1967
6		Xie Xuegong (1916–1993)	6 December 1967	June 1978
7		Lin Hujia (1916–2018)	June 1978	October 1978
8		Chen Weida (1916–1990)	October 1978	30 June 1980
9		Hu Qili (born 1929)	30 June 1980	21 May 1982
10		Li Ruihuan (born 1934)	21 May 1982	October 1989
11		Nie Bichu (1928–2018)	October 1989	20 June 1993
12		Zhang Lichang (1939–2008)	20 June 1993	30 May 1998
13		Li Shenglin (born 1946)	May 1998	December 2002
14		Dai Xianglong (born 1944)	30 December 2002	28 December 2007
15		Huang Xingguo (born 1954)	28 January 2008 (acting from 28 December 2007)	14 September 2016
16		Wang Dongfeng (born 1958)	6 November 2016 (acting from 14 September 2016)	28 October 2017		[2]
17		Zhang Guoqing (born 1964)	2 January 2018	3 September 2020		[3]
18		Liao Guoxun (1963–2022)	16 September 2020 (acting from 3 September 2020)	27 April 2022		[4]
19		Zhang Gong (born 1961)	31 May 2022	Incumbent		[5]

References

1. "Decoding Chinese Politics: Provincial Leaders". Asia Society . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. 王东峰任天津市委副书记 何立峰不再担任
3. "张国清任天津副市长、代理市长 景俊海任吉林代省长". ifeng.com. 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
4. Cheng Xue (程雪) (2 September 2020). 廖国勋任天津市委副书记 廖国勋个人简历. china.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
5. Lin Yunshi (林韵诗) (28 May 2022). 国家市场监管总局局长张工代理天津市长. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 May 2022.