Politics of Shanghai

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Politics of Shanghai
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg
Legislature Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Website www.shanghai.gov.cn
Communist Party
Party Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Secretary Chen Jining
Government
Executive Municipal People's Government
Mayor Gong Zheng
Executive Deputy MayorWu Qing
Congress Chairperson Huang Lixin
Local CPPCC Chairman Hu Wenrong
Commission for Discipline Inspection SecretaryLiu Xuexin
Supervisory DirectorLiu Xuexin
Court PresidentLiu Xiaoyun
Procurator GeneralChen Yong
Military People's Liberation Army Shanghai Garrison
CommanderLiu Jie
Shanghai Municipal Government building Shanghai Government Building.jpg
Shanghai Municipal Government building

The politics of Shanghai [1] 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.

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Overview

The Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government (上海市人民政府市长, shorten as 上海市市长 ie Mayor of Shanghai Municipality) is the highest ranking executive official in Shanghai. Since Shanghai is a direct-controlled municipality of China, the Mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Shanghai Municipal Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary (中国共产党上海市委员会书记, shorten as 中共上海市委书记), colloquially termed the "Shanghai CCP Party Chief" in English.

Before 1941, Shanghai had a split administration: the International Settlement (governed under the Shanghai Municipal Council), the French Concession, and the Chinese City. The Chinese city was invaded by the Japanese in 1937 and the foreign concessions were occupied by the Japanese in 1941. After the occupation, the foreign powers formally ceded the territory to the Nationalist Government in Chongqing (a move largely symbolic until the Japanese surrender since the Nationalists no longer controlled Shanghai).

List of provincial-level leaders

CCP Committee Secretaries

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeRef.
1 Yao Jieshi.jpg Rao Shushi 19491950 [2]
2 Chen Yi(communist).jpg Chen Yi 19501954 [2] [3]
3 Ke Qingshi.jpg Ke Qingshi 19541965 [3]
4 Chen Pixian cropped.jpg Chen Pixian 19651967 [3]
5 1967-07 1967Nian 4Yue 20Ri Bei Jing Shi Ge Ming Wei Yuan Hui Cheng Li Zhang Chun Qiao -Shang Hai Ge Wei Hui Zhu Ren .jpg Zhang Chunqiao 19711976 [3]
6 Su Zhenhua.jpg Su Zhenhua 19761979 [3]
7 Peng Chong 19791980 [3]
8 Chen Guodong 19801985 [3]
9 Rui Xingwen 19851987 [3]
10 Jiang Zemin 2002.jpg Jiang Zemin 27 November 19871 August 1989 [3]
11 Zhu Rongji in 2000.jpg Zhu Rongji 1 August 198920 March 1991 [3]
12 Aankomst Wu Bangguo (7204287582, cropped).jpg Wu Bangguo 20 March 199128 September 1994 [4]
13 Huang Ju, Davos (cropped).jpg Huang Ju 28 September 199415 November 2002 [5] [6]
14 Chen Liangyu 15 November 200224 September 2006 [7]
Han Zheng (2024) (cropped).jpg Han Zheng 24 September 200624 March 2007 [8]
15 Xi Jinping in July 2024 (cropped).jpg Xi Jinping 24 March 200727 October 2007 [9]
16 Yu Zhengsheng-20170901.jpg Yu Zhengsheng 27 October 200720 November 2012 [10]
17 Han Zheng (2024) (cropped).jpg Han Zheng 20 November 201229 October 2017 [8]
18 Li Qiang (2024) (cropped).jpg Li Qiang 29 October 201728 October 2022 [11]
19 Chen Jining 2019.png Chen Jining 28 October 2022Incumbent [12]

Chairpersons of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress

Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Incumbent
Dong Yunhu
since January 15, 2023
StatusLegislature leader
Term length Five years, renewable
NameTook officeLeft office
Yan Youmin 19791981
Hu Lijiao 19811988
Ye Gongqi (叶公琦)19881998
Chen Tiedi (陈铁迪)February 1998February 2003
Gong Xueping (龚学平)February 2003January 2008
Liu Yungeng January 2008January 2013
Yin Yicui February 2013January 2020
Jiang Zhuoqing January 20, 2020January 15, 2023
Dong Yunhu January 15, 2020July 12, 2023
Huang Lixin January 24, 2024Incumbent

Mayors of Shanghai

Since communist victory in the Shanghai Campaign, Shanghai has been led by its Mayor and Party Secretary, all officeholders of which are members of the Chinese Communist Party.

No.OfficeholderTermRef.
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
1 Chen Yi(communist).jpg Chen Yi
(1901–1972)
28 May 1949

February 1955
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Committee
(1) Chen Yi(communist).jpg Chen Yi
(1901–1972)
February 1955

November 1958
2 Ke Qingshi.jpg Ke Qingshi
(1902–1965)
November 1958

April 1965
3 Cao Diqiu
(1909–1976)
November 1965

February 1967
Director of the Shanghai People's Commune Interim Committee
4 1967-07 1967Nian 4Yue 20Ri Bei Jing Shi Ge Ming Wei Yuan Hui Cheng Li Zhang Chun Qiao -Shang Hai Ge Wei Hui Zhu Ren  (cropped 3to4 portrait).jpg Zhang Chunqiao
(1917–2005)
February 1967

February 1967
Director of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee
(4) 1967-07 1967Nian 4Yue 20Ri Bei Jing Shi Ge Ming Wei Yuan Hui Cheng Li Zhang Chun Qiao -Shang Hai Ge Wei Hui Zhu Ren  (cropped 3to4 portrait).jpg Zhang Chunqiao
(1917–2005)
February 1967

October 1976
5 Su Zhenhua.jpg Su Zhenhua
(1912–1979)
October 1976

January 1979
6 Peng Chong
(1915–2010)
January 1979

December 1979
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
(6) Peng Chong
(1915–2010)
December 1979

March 1980
7 Wang Daohan.jpg Wang Daohan
(1915–2005)
April 1981

July 1985
8 Jiang Zemin 2002.jpg Jiang Zemin
(1926–2022)
July 1985

April 1988
9 Zhu Rongji at White House 1999.jpg Zhu Rongji
(born 1928)
April 1988

April 1991
[13]
10 Huang Ju, Davos (cropped).jpg Huang Ju
(1938–2007)
April 1991

February 1995
11 Xu Kuangdi (Horasis Global China Business Meeting 2010).jpg Xu Kuangdi
(born 1936)
February 1995

December 2001
[14]
12 Chen Liangyu
(born 1944)
December 2001

February 2003
13 Han Zheng (2018-09-18) 01.jpg Han Zheng
(born 1955)
February 2003

26 December 2012
[15]
14 Yang Xiong (29056693522) (cropped).jpg Yang Xiong
(1953–2021)
26 December 2012

17 January 2017
[16]
15 Ying Yong.jpg Ying Yong
(born 1957)
20 January 2017

13 February 2020
[17]
16 Gong Zheng 2023-12-09.jpg Gong Zheng
(born 1960)
23 March 2020

Incumbent
[18]

Chairpersons of the Political Conference Shanghai Committee

Chairman of Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent
Hu Wenrong
since January 14, 2023
StatusLocal CPPCC leader
Term length Five years, renewable
  1. Ke Qingshi (柯庆施): 1955–1958
  2. Chen Pixian (陈丕显): 1958–1967
  3. Peng Chong (彭冲): 1977–1979
  4. Wang Yiping (王一平): 1979–1983
  5. Prof. Li Guohao (李国豪): 1983–1988
  6. Prof. Xie Xide (谢希德) (female): 1988–1993
  7. Chen Tiedi (陈铁迪) (female): 1993–1998
  8. Wang Liping (王力平): 1998–2003
  9. Jiang Yiren (蒋以任): 2003–2008
  10. Feng Guoqin (冯国勤): 2008–2013
  11. Wu Zhiming (吴志明): 2013–2018
  12. Dong Yunhu (董云虎): 2018–2023
  13. Hu Wenrong (胡文容): 2023–incumbent

Chairpersons of the Shanghai Supervisory Committee

  1. Liao Guoxun (廖国勋): January 2018 – March 2020
  2. Liu Xuexin (刘学新): July 2020 – October 2022
  3. Li Yangzhe (李仰哲): October 2022 – incumbent

See also

References

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