Party Secretary of Beijing

Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党北京市委员会书记
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
Incumbent Yin Li since November 13, 2022
Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Type	Party Committee Secretary
Status	Provincial level official
Member of	Beijing Municipal Standing Committee
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Beijing Municipal Committee Central Committee
Inaugural holder	Peng Zhen
Formation	December 13, 1948
Deputy	Deputy Secretary Secretary-General

The secretary of theBeijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Beijing and outranks the mayor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee. Since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the CCP Politburo. ^[1]

List of party secretaries

No.	Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Ref.
1		Peng Zhen (彭真) (1902–1997)	13 December 1948	May 1966	[2]
2		Li Xuefeng (李雪峰) (1907–2003)	May 1966	January 1967	[2]
3		Xie Fuzhi (谢富治) (1909–1972)	January 1967	26 March 1972	[2]
4		Wu De (吴德) (1913–1995)	April 1972	October 1978	[2]
5		Lin Hujia (林乎加) (1916–2018)	October 1978	January 1981	[2] [3]
6		Duan Junyi (段君毅) (1910–2004)	January 1981	August 1984	[4]
7		Li Ximing (李锡铭) (1926–2008)	August 1984	December 1992	[2]
8		Chen Xitong (陈希同) (1930–2013)	December 1992	April 1995	[5]
9		Wei Jianxing (尉健行) (1931–2015)	April 1995	25 August 1997	[5]
10		Jia Qinglin (贾庆林) (born 1940)	25 August 1997	22 October 2002	[5]
11		Liu Qi (刘淇) (born 1942)	22 October 2002	3 July 2012	[6]
12		Guo Jinlong (郭金龙) (born 1947)	3 July 2012	27 May 2017	[7]
13		Cai Qi (蔡奇) (born 1955)	27 May 2017	13 November 2022	[8]
14		Yin Li (尹力) (born 1962)	13 November 2022	Incumbent	[9]

References

1. "Decoding Chinese Politics: Party Center". Asia Society . Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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3. 国家行政学院 (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年, 1949-1999 (in Chinese). 党建读物出版社. p. 264. ISBN   978-7-80098-406-8 . Retrieved 2025-01-20.
4. 国家行政学院 (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年, 1949-1999 (in Chinese). 党建读物出版社. p. 277. ISBN   978-7-80098-406-8. Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
5. 20世纪的中囯: 政坛风云卷 (in Chinese). 甘肃人民出版社. 1999. p. 447. ISBN   978-7-226-02197-2. Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
6. 国家行政学院 (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年, 1949-1999 (in Chinese). 党建读物出版社. p. 218. ISBN   978-7-80098-406-8 . Retrieved 2024-10-05.
7. Ng, Teddy (4 July 2012). "Mayor elected Beijing party secretary". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 18 March 2024.
8. Baptista, Eduardo; Pollard, Martin Quin; Pollard, Martin Quin (2022-10-23). "Beijing party chief Cai, Xi loyalist, vaults to top rank". Reuters . Retrieved 2023-09-09.
9. Du, Juan; Zhang, Yu (13 November 2022). "New Party chief appointed for Beijing". China Daily . Retrieved 18 March 2024.