Party Secretary of Heilongjiang

The secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Heilongjiang.

Secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党黑龙江省委员会书记
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
Incumbent Xu Qin since 18 October 2021
Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Type	Party Committee Secretary
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Heilongjiang Provincial Standing Committee
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Central Committee
Inaugural holder	Zhang Qilong
Formation	May 1949
Deputy	Deputy Secretary Secretary-General

The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, and is usually a member of the CCP Central Committee. The secretary leads the work of the Provincial Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary is outranks the governor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.

The current secretary is Xu Qin, who took office on 18 October 2021.

List of party secretaries

Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Ref.
	Zhang Qilong (张启龙)	May 1949	March 1950	[1]
	Zhao Dezun (赵德尊)	March 1950	April 1953	[1]
	Feng Jixin (冯纪新)	April 1953	July 1954	[1]
	Ouyang Qin (欧阳钦)	July 1954	October 1965	[1]
	Pan Fusheng (潘复生)	October 1965	June 1971	[1]
	Wang Jiadao (汪家道)	August 1971	December 1974	[1]
	Liu Guangtao (刘光涛)	February 1977	December 1977	[1]
	Yang Yichen (杨易辰)	December 1977	March 1983	[2]
	Li Li'an (李力安)	March 1983	October 1985	[3]
	Sun Weiben (孙维本)	October 1985	April 1994	[4]
	Yue Qifeng (岳歧峰)	April 1994	July 1997	[5]
	Xu Youfang (徐有芳)	July 1997	March 2003	[6]
	Song Fatang (宋法棠)	March 2003	December 2005	[7]
	Qian Yunlu (钱运录)	December 2005	April 2008	[8]
	Ji Bingxuan (吉炳轩)	April 2008	March 2013	[9]
	Wang Xiankui (王宪魁)	March 2013	April 2017	[10]
	Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟)	April 2017	October 2021	[10]
	Xu Qin (许勤)	October 2021	Incumbent	[11]