Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

中国共产党上海市委员会
Overview
TypeHighest decision-making organ when Shanghai Municipal Congress is not in session.
Elected by Shanghai Municipal Congress
Length of termFive years
Term limitsNone
First convocation15 December 1921
Leadership
Secretary Chen Jining
Deputy Secretary Gong Zheng (Mayor)
Secretary-GeneralLi Zheng
Executive organ Standing Committee
Inspection organ Commission for Discipline Inspection
Meeting place
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200 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, Shanghai

Offices

  • Research Office
  • Office of the National Security Commission
  • Office of the Cyberspace Affairs Commission
  • Office of the Central Military-civilian Fusion Development Committee
  • Taiwan Work Office
  • Office of the Institutional Organization Commission
  • Office of the Leading Group for Inspection Work

Organizations Directly under the Committee

  • Shanghai Municipal Party School
  • Shanghai United Media Group [8]
  • Shanghai Institute of Socialism
  • State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform
  • Office of the Institutional Organization Commission of the Chinese Communist Party Shanghai Committee

Standing Committee

The Standing Committee Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the permanent body of the committee. It currently consists of 12 members:

Leadership

Party Secretary

Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese 中国共产党上海市委员会
Traditional Chinese 中國共產黨上海市委員會
Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
中国共产党上海市委员会书记
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Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
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Incumbent
Chen Jining
since October 28, 2022
Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
StatusLocal head of party
NominatorMunicipal Committee
AppointerMunicipal Committee
Formation1949
DeputyDeputy Secretary

The secretary of the committee is the highest office in Shanghai, being superior to the mayor of the city. [1]

No.NameTook officeLeft officeRef.
1 Rao Shushi 19491950
2 Chen Yi 19501954
3 Ke Qingshi 19541965
4 Chen Pixian 19651967
5 Zhang Chunqiao 19711976
6 Su Zhenhua 19761979
7 Peng Chong 19791980
8 Chen Guodong 19801985
9 Rui Xingwen 19851987
10 Jiang Zemin 19871989
11 Zhu Rongji 19891991
12 Wu Bangguo 19911994
13 Huang Ju September 199415 November 2002
14 Chen Liangyu 15 November 200224 September 2006 [10]
— Han Zheng 24 September 200624 March 2007 [11]
15 Xi Jinping 24 March 200727 October 2007 [12]
16 Yu Zhengsheng 27 October 200720 November 2012 [13]
17 Han Zheng 20 November 201229 October 2017 [11]
18 Li Qiang 29 October 201728 October 2022 [14]
19 Chen Jining 28 October 2022Incumbent [3]

Party Committees

11th Municipal Party Committee (12 May 2017–28 June 2022)

12th Municipal Party Committee (28 June 2022–)

See also

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