Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

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Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
全国人民代表大会常务委员会秘书长
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Incumbent
Liu Qi
since March 10, 2023
General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Type Presiding officer
Member of Council of Chairpersons
Nominator Presidium of the National People's Congress
Appointer National People's Congress
Term length 5 years,
renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument Constitution of China
Formation27 September 1954;69 years ago (1954-09-27)
First holder Peng Zhen
DeputyDeputy Secretary-General

The secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is a deputy to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, responsible for assisting the chairman in his work. The secretary-general is responsible for overseeing the operations of the NPCSC General Office.

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The secretary-general is formally nominated by the Presidium of the NPC during a session and approved by the delegations of the NPC, though in reality is chosen within the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). [1] The chairman, vice chairpersons and the secretary-general of the NPCSC collectively constitute the Council of Chairpersons. [2] The secretary-general oversees the administrative operations of the General Office of the Standing Committee. [3] The post is generally held concurrently by one of the vice chairpersons, and is assisted by one or more deputy secretaries-general.

Officeholders

No.
[note 1]
PortraitName
(birth–death)
Hanzi Term(s)Took officeLeft officeTenure
1 Peng Zhen2.jpg Peng Zhen
(1902–1997)
彭真1st, 2nd27 September 19542 January 196510 years, 118 days
2 Liu Zhu Yi .jpg Liu Ningyi
(1907–1994)
刘宁一3rd3 January 196513 January 197510 years, 10 days
3 Ji Pengfei.jpg Ji Pengfei
(1910–2000)
姬鹏飞4th, 5th13 January 1975September 19794 years, 231 days
1 Peng Zhen2.jpg Peng Zhen
(1902–1997)
彭真5thSeptember 1979September 19801 year, 0 days
4 YangShangkun1958.png Yang Shangkun
(1907–1998)
杨尚昆5thSeptember 19806 June 19832 years, 278 days
5
Wang Hanbin
(born 1925)
王汉斌6th6 June 198325 March 19884 years, 293 days
6
Peng Chong
(1915–2010)
彭冲7th25 March 198815 March 19934 years, 355 days
7
Cao Zhi
(born 1928)
曹志8th15 March 19935 March 19987 years, 355 days
8
He Chunlin
(born 1933)
何椿霖9th5 March 19985 March 20035 years, 4 days
9
Sheng Huaren
(born 1935)
盛华仁10th5 March 20035 March 20085 years, 0 days
10 Li Jianguo.jpg Li Jianguo
(born 1946)
李建国11th5 March 20085 March 20135 years, 0 days
11 Wang Chen in 2020.jpg Wang Chen
(born 1950)
王晨12th5 March 201317 March 20185 years, 12 days
12 Yang Zhenwu.jpg Yang Zhenwu
(born 1955) [4]
杨振武13th17 March 201810 March 20234 years, 358 days
13
Liu Qi
(born 1957)
刘奇14th10 March 2023Incumbent1 year, 26 days

See also

Notes

  1. These numbers are not official.

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