Minister of Human Resources and Social Security

The minister of human resources and social security of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Minister of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is thirteenth 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 Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国人力资源和社会保障部部长
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Wang Xiaoping since 30 December 2022
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Plenary Meeting of the State Council
Seat	Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security 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	March 2008; 17 years ago (2008-03)
First holder	Yin Weimin
Deputy	Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security

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

List of ministers

(Human Resources) original Ministry of Personnel

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Personnel
1	An Ziwen	October 1949	November 1954
Post abolished
2	Zhao Dongwan	April 1988	March 1993
3	Song Defu	March 1993	December 2000
4	Zhang Xuezhong	December 2000	December 2002
5	Zhang Bolin (张柏林)	December 2002	August 2007
6	Yin Weimin	August 2007	March 2008	[2]

(Social Security) original Ministry of Labor

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Labor
1	Li Lisan	October 1949	September 1954
2	Ma Wenrui	September 1954	1966
Post abolished
3	Luo Gan	April 1988	December 1988
4	Ruan Chongwu	December 1988	1989
5	Li Boyong	1989	March 1993
Minister of Labor and Social Security
6	Zhang Zuoji	March 1998	March 2003	[3]
7	Zheng Silin	March 2003	July 2005	[4]
8	Tian Chengping	July 2005	March 2008	[5]

Human Resources and Social Security (Personnel and Labor)

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Labor and Personnel
1	Zhao Shouyi	1982	1985
2	Zhao Dongwan	1985	April 1988	[6]
Minister of Human Resources and Social Security
3	Yin Weimin	March 2008	March 2018	[2]
4	Zhang Jinan	March 2018	June 2022	[7]
5	Zhou Zuyi	June 2022	December 2022	[8]
6	Wang Xiaoping	December 2022	Incumbent	[9]