Governor of Jiangxi

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

Governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government
江西省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Ye Jianchun since 21 October 2021
Jiangxi Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Shao Shiping
Formation	June 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

The governor is elected by the Jiangxi 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 Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Jiangxi Committee.^[1] The current governor is Ye Jianchun, who took office on 21 October 2021.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government
1		Shao Shiping (1900–1965)	May 1949	February 1955	Chinese Communist Party
Governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Committee
(1)		Shao Shiping (1900–1965)	February 1955	September 1965	Chinese Communist Party
2		Fang Zhichun (1905–1993)	September 1965	January 1968
Director of the Jiangxi Revolutionary Committee
3		Cheng Shiqing (1918–2008)	January 1968	April 1972	Chinese Communist Party
4		She Jide (1916–1981)	June 1972	December 1974
5		Jiang Weiqing (1910–2000)	December 1974	December 1979
Governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government
6		Bai Dongcai (1916–2014)	December 1979	August 1982	Chinese Communist Party
7		Zhao Zengyi (1920–1993)	August 1982	June 1985
8		Ni Xiance (born 1935)	July 1985	October 1986
9		Wu Guanzheng (born 1938)	October 1986	April 1995
10		Shu Shengyou (1936–2025)	April 1995	April 2001		[2]
11		Huang Zhiquan (born 1942)	April 2001	October 2006		[3]
12		Wu Xinxiong (born 1954)	31 October 2006	8 June 2011		[4]
13		Lu Xinshe (born 1956)	8 June 2011	8 July 2016		[5]
14		Liu Qi (born 1957)	8 July 2016	6 August 2018		[6]
15		Yi Lianhong (born 1959)	6 August 2018	21 October 2021		[7]
16		Ye Jianchun (born 1965)	21 October 2021	Incumbent		[8]