Minister of Industry and Information Technology

Minister of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国工业和信息化部部长
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Incumbent Li Lecheng since 30 April 2025
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Plenary Meeting of the State Council
Seat	Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Building, Xicheng District, Beijing
Nominator	Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee
Formation	March 1998;27 years ago (1998-03)
First holder	Wu Jichuan
Deputy	Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology

The minister of industry and information technology of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is sixth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president. ^[1]

The current minister is Li Lecheng, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.

List of ministers

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Information Industry
1	Wu Jichuan	March 1998	March 2003
2	Wang Xudong	March 2003	March 2008	[2]
Minister of Industry and Information Technology
3	Li Yizhong	March 2008	December 2010	[3]
4	Miao Wei	December 2010	August 2020	[4]
5	Xiao Yaqing	August 2020	July 2022	[5]
6	Jin Zhuanglong	July 2022	April 2025	[6]
7	Li Lecheng	April 2025	Incumbent	[7]

References

1. "Constitution of the People's Republic of China". National People's Congress . Retrieved 8 August 2022.
2. "Biography of Wang Xudong". China Vitae. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
3. Wines, Michael (12 March 2010). "China Issues Another Warning to Google on Enforced Censorship of the Internet". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
4. 苗圩简历 [Biography of Miao Wei] (in Chinese). People's Daily . Retrieved 12 May 2013.
5. Zhao Wenhan (赵文涵) (11 August 2021). 全国人大常委会决定任命工业和信息化部部长、文化和旅游部部长. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
6. McMorrow, Ryan; Sevastopulo, Demetri (28 February 2025). "China's tech minister removed from office". Financial Times . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
7. "The 15th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress Concludes in Beijing". Xinhua News Agency. 30 April 2025.