Minister of Ecology and Environment

The minister of ecology and environment of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is fifteenth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.^[1]

Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国生态环境部部长
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Incumbent Huang Runqiu since 29 April 2020
Ministry of Ecology and Environment
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Plenary Meeting of the State Council
Seat	Ministry of Ecology and Environment Building, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Nominator	Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee
Formation	1987; 38 years ago (1987)
First holder	Qu Geping
Deputy	Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment

The current minister is Huang Runqiu, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.

List of ministers

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Director of State Environmental Protection Agency
1	Qu Geping	1987	June 1993	[2]
2	Xie Zhenhua	June 1993	March 1998	[3]
Director of State Environmental Protection Administration
(2)	Xie Zhenhua	March 1998	December 2005	[3]
3	Zhou Shengxian	December 2005	March 2008	[4]
Minister of Environmental Protection
(3)	Zhou Shengxian	March 2008	February 2015	[4]
4	Chen Jining	February 2015	June 2017	[5]
5	Li Ganjie	June 2017	March 2018	[6]
Minister of Ecology and Environment
(5)	Li Ganjie	March 2018	April 2020	[6]
(6)	Huang Runqiu	April 2020	Incumbent	[7]