Governor of Heilongjiang

The governor of Heilongjiang, officially the Governor of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government, is the head of Liaoning Province and leader of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government.

Governor of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government
黑龙江省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Liang Huiling since 9 December 2022
Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Heilongjiang Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Heilongjiang Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Yu Yifu
Formation	September 1950
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

The governor is elected by the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Liaoning Committee.^[1] The current governor is Liang Huiling, who took office on 9 December 2022.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Governor of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government
1		Yu Yifu (1903–1982)	September 1950	November 1952	Chinese Communist Party
2		Zhao Dezun (1913–2012)	November 1952	December 1953
3		Chen Lei (1917–2006)	December 1953	August 1954
4		Han Guang (1912–2008)	August 1954	November 1955
Governor of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Committee
(4)		Han Guang (1912–2008)	November 1955	July 1956	Chinese Communist Party
5		Ouyang Qin (1900–1978)	July 1956	August 1958
6		Li Fanwu (1912–1986)	August 1958	March 1967
Director of the Heilongjiang Revolutionary Committee
7		Pan Fusheng (1908–1980)	March 1967	August 1971	Chinese Communist Party
8		Wang Jiadao (1916–1992)	August 1971	December 1974
9		Liu Guangtao (1920–2011)	December 1974	December 1977
10		Yang Yichen (1914–1997)	December 1977	December 1979
Governor of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government
11		Chen Lei (1917–2006)	December 1979	May 1985	Chinese Communist Party
12		Hou Jie (1931–2000)	May 1985	March 1989
13		Shao Qihui (born 1934)	March 1989	May 1994
14		Tian Fengshan (born 1940)	May 1994	January 2000
15		Song Fatang (born 1940)	January 2000	March 2003
16		Zhang Zuoji (1945–2021)	31 March 2003	25 December 2007		[2]
17		Li Zhanshu (born 1951)	27 January 2008	27 August 2010		[3]
18		Wang Xiankui (born 1952)	27 August 2010	25 March 2013		[4]
19		Lu Hao (born 1967)	25 March 2013	26 March 2018		[5]
20		Wang Wentao (born 1964)	26 March 2018	24 December 2020		[6]
21		Hu Changsheng (born 1963)	22 February 2021	9 December 2022		[7]
22		Liang Huiling (born 1962)	9 December 2022	Incumbent		[8]