Politics of Zhejiang

The politics of Zhejiang is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

Politics of Zhejiang

National Emblem of China
Legislature	Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress
Website	www.zj.gov.cn
Communist Party
Party	Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Secretary	Wang Hao
Government
Executive	Provincial People's Government
Governor	Liu Jie
Executive Vice Governor	Xu Wenguang
Congress Chairperson	Wang Hao
Provincial CPPCC Chairman	Lian Yimin
Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary	Fu Mingxian
Supervisory Director	Fu Mingxian
Court President	Li Zhanguo
Procurator General	Lin Yiying
Military	Zhejiang Military District
Commander	Xin Keli

The Governor of Zhejiang is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Zhejiang. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Zhejiang CCP Party Chief".

Provincial-level leaders

CCP Committee Secretaries

This section is an excerpt from Party Secretary of Zhejiang § List of party secretaries.[edit]

No.	Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Ref.
1		Tan Zhenlin	6 May 1949	September 1952	[1]
2		Tan Qilong	September 1952	August 1954	[2]
3		Jiang Hua	August 1954	January 1967	[3]
4		Nan Ping	March 1968	May 1973	[3]
5		Tan Qilong	May 1973	February 1977	[3]
6		Tie Ying	February 1977	March 1983	[3]
7		Wang Fang	March 1983	March 1987	[4]
8		Xue Ju	March 1987	December 1988	[5]
9		Li Zemin	December 1988	September 1998	[6]
10		Zhang Dejiang	16 September 1998	24 December 2002	[7]
11		Xi Jinping	24 December 2002	25 March 2007	[8]
12		Zhao Hongzhu	25 March 2007	21 November 2012	[9]
13		Xia Baolong	18 December 2012	26 April 2017	[10]
14		Che Jun	26 April 2017	31 August 2020	[11]
15		Yuan Jiajun	31 August 2020	7 December 2022	[12]
16		Yi Lianhong	7 December 2022	28 October 2024	[13]
17		Wang Hao	28 October 2024	Incumbent	[14][15]

Governors of Zhejiang

This section is an excerpt from Governor of Zhejiang § People's Republic of China.[edit]

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
		Took office	Left office
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
1	Tan Zhenlin (1902–1983)	August 1949	January 1955	Chinese Communist Party
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee
2	Sha Wenhan (1908–1964)	January 1955	November 1957	Chinese Communist Party
2	Huo Shilian (1909–1996)	November 1957	January 1958
3	Zhou Jianren (1888–1984)	January 1958	January 1967
Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Control Committee of the People's Liberation Army
4	Long Qian (1913–1992)	January 1967	August 1967	Chinese Communist Party
5	Nan Ping (1918–1989)	August 1967	March 1968
Director of the Zhejiang Revolutionary Committee
(5)	Nan Ping (1918–1989)	March 1968	May 1973	Chinese Communist Party
6	Tan Qilong (1913–2003)	May 1973	February 1977
7	Tie Ying (1916–2009)	February 1977	December 1979
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
8	Li Fengping (1912–2008)	December 1979	April 1983	Chinese Communist Party
9	Xue Ju (1922–2024)	April 1983	January 1988
10	Shen Zulun (1931–2023)	February 1988[16]	January 1988
11	Ge Hongsheng (1931–2020)	November 1990[17]	March 1991
12	Wan Xueyuan (born 1941)	March 1991	April 1997
13	Chai Songyue (born 1941)	April 1997[18]	October 2002
14	Xi Jinping (born 1953)	October 2002	January 2003
15	Lü Zushan (born 1946)	January 2003[19]	August 2011
16	Xia Baolong (born 1952)	16 January 2012	21 December 2012
17	Li Qiang (born 1959)	21 December 2012[20]	4 July 2016
18	Che Jun (born 1955)	4 July 2016[21]	28 April 2017
19	Yuan Jiajun (born 1962)	28 April 2017[22]	4 September 2020
20	Zheng Shanjie (born 1961)	4 September 2020[23]	30 September 2021
21	Wang Hao (born 1963)	30 September 2021[24]	18 December 2024
21	Liu Jie (born 1970)	18 December 2024	Incumbent

Directors of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress

This section is an excerpt from Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress § Chairpersons of the Standing Committee.[edit]

Name	Took office	Left office
Tie Ying	December 1979	January 1988
Chen Anyu	January 1988	January 1993
Li Zemin	January 1993	January 2003
Xi Jinping	January 2003	May 2007
Yu Guoxing (acting)	May 2007	January 2008
Zhao Hongzhu	January 2008	January 2013
Xia Baolong	January 2013	April 2017
Che Jun	April 2017	September 2020
Yuan Jiajun	29 September 2020	December 2022
Yi Lianhong	January 2023	November 2024
Wang Hao	January 2025	Incumbent

Chairperson of CPPCC Zhejiang Committee

Chairman of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent Lian Yimin since January 2024
Status	Local CPPCC leader
Term length	Five years, renewable

This section is an excerpt from Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference § List of chairpersons.[edit]

Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	Ref.
Jiang Hua	江华	February 1955	December 1977	[25]
Tie Ying	铁瑛	December 1977	December 1979	[26]
Mao Qihua	毛齐华	December 1979	April 1983	[27][28]
Wang Jiayang	王家扬	April 1983	January 1988	[29]
Shang Jingcai	商景才	January 1988	January 1993	[30]
Liu Feng	刘枫	January 1993	January 2003	[31]
Li Jinming	李金明	January 2003	January 2008	[32]
Zhou Guofu	周国富	January 2008	January 2013	[33]
Qiao Chuanxiu	乔传秀	January 2013	January 2018	[34]
Ge Huijun	葛慧君	January 2018	January 2022	[35]
Huang Lixin	黄莉新	January 2022	January 2024	[36]
Lian Yimin	廉毅敏	January 2024		[37]

See also

• New Zhijiang Army