Party Secretary of Wuhan

Secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党武汉市委员会书记
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
Incumbent Sheng Yuechun since 18 October 2025
Wuhan Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Type	Party Committee Secretary
Status	Deputy provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Wuhan Municipal Standing Committee
Seat	Wuhan
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Wuhan Municipal Committee Central Committee
Inaugural holder	Zhang Pinghua
Formation	1949
Deputy	Deputy Secretary Secretary-General

The secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Wuhan 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 Wuhan, which outranks the mayor, conventionally being the deputy secretary of the municipal committee. The secretary is also the leader of the Standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal Committee.

The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary could also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Wuhan Municipal Committee, which the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government.^{[ citation needed ]}

The current secretary is Sheng Yuechun, who took office on 18 October 2025.^{[ citation needed ]}

List of party secretaries

No.	English name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	References
1	Zhang Pinghua	張平化	May 1949	September 1955	[ citation needed ]
2	Song Kanfu	宋侃夫	September 1955	January 1968	[ citation needed ]
3	Fang Ming	何伟	January 1968	November 1973	[ citation needed ]
4	Wang Kewen	王克文	November 1973	November 1977	[ citation needed ]
5	Li Renzhi	李任之	February 1979	December 1980	[ citation needed ]
6	Wang Qun	王群	December 1980	August 1987	[ citation needed ]
7	Zheng Yunfei	郑云飞	October 1987	October 1991	[ citation needed ]
8	Qian Yunlu	钱运录	October 1991	December 1998	[ citation needed ]
9	Luo Qingquan	罗清泉	January 1999	October 2002	[ citation needed ]
10	Chen Xunqiu	陈训秋	October 2002	May 2005	[ citation needed ]
11	Miao Wei	苗圩	May 2005	March 2008	[1]
12	Yang Song	杨松	March 2008	January 2011	[ citation needed ]
13	Ruan Chengfa	阮成发	30 January 2011	13 December 2016	[2]
14	Chen Yixin	陈一新	26 June 2017	20 March 2018	[3]
15	Ma Guoqiang	马国强	20 July 2018	12 February 2020	[4]
16	Wang Zhonglin	王忠林	12 February 2020	30 April 2021	[5]
17	Guo Yuanqiang	郭元强	29 September 2021	18 October 2025	[6]
18	Sheng Yuechun	盛阅春	18 October 2025	Incumbent	[ citation needed ]

References

1. 苗圩 [Miao Wei] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on March 27, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
2. 阮成发任武汉市人大主任;唐良智为市长. ce.cn. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
3. "中央改革办专职副主任陈一新任湖北省委副书记、武汉市委书记" [Chen Yixin, deputy director of Central Reform Office, appointed deputy secretary of Hubei Provincial Party Committee and secretary of Wuhan Municipal Party Committee]. The Paper. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
4. 马国强任武汉市委书记，已空缺4个月. Sohu (in Chinese). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
5. William Zheng (13 February 2020). "Coronavirus: Beijing's purge over virus takes down top Communist Party officials in Hubei". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
6. Xu Ran (许然) (29 September 2021). 武汉市委书记空缺近5个月后，郭元强跨省接棒. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2021.