Secretary-General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The secretary-general of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is a political office in the People's Republic of China. The secretary-general heads the General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China.^[1]

Secretary-General of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
中国人民政治协商会议 全国委员会秘书长
Emblem of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent Wang Dongfeng since 10 March 2023
General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Standing Committee of the National Committee Chairperson's Council
Residence	CPPCC National Committee Office Building
Nominator	Presidium of the Plenary Session of the National Committee (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	Plenary Session of the National Committee
Term length	Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument	Charter of the CPPCC
Inaugural holder	Li Weihan
Deputy	Deputy Secretary-General

The secretary-general is officially nominated within the CPPCC National Committee and approved by a plenary session of the National Committee.^[1] The secretary-general is a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee, which handles the regular affairs of the body,^[1] and is a member of the Chairperson's Council, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the Standing Committee.^[1] The secretary-general is assisted by deputy secretaries-general, appointed or dismissed by the National Committee on the proposal of the secretary-general.^[1] The secretary-general and deputy secretaries-general jointly constitute the Meeting of the Secretaries-General of the CPPCC National Committee, which is presided by the secretary-general.^[2]

List of officeholders

No. [note 1]	Term(s)	Name (birth–death)	Picture	Took office	Left Office	Tenure	Important offices held during tenure	CPPCC Chairperson	Ref.
1	1st	Li Weihan (1896–1984)		October 8, 1949	December 25, 1954	5 years, 78 days	Head of the United Front Work Department Secretary-General of the Government Administration Council Head of the Ethnic Affairs Commission Government Chief Plenipotentiary Representative of the Central People's Government to Tibet	Mao Zedong	[3]
2	2nd	Xu Bing (1903–1972)		December 25, 1954	April 29, 1959	4 years, 125 days	Alternate member of the CCP Central Committee Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	Zhou Enlai	[4]
	3rd			April 29, 1959	January 5, 1965	5 years, 251 days
3	4th	Ping Jiesan (1906–2001)		January 5, 1965	March 8, 1978	13 years, 62 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee		[5][6]
4	5th	Qi Yanming (1907–1978)		March 8, 1978	October 21, 1978	227 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee	Deng Xiaoping	[7]
5		Liu Lantao (1910–1997)		July 2, 1979	June 17, 1983	3 years, 350 days	Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Commission Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee		[8]
6	6th	Peng Youjin (1914–2005)		June 17, 1983	October 8, 1985	2 years, 124 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee	Deng Yingchao	[9]
7		Zhou Shaozheng (1926–2007)		April 11, 1986	April 10, 1988	1 year, 365 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee		[10]
	7th			April 10, 1988	March 14, 1990	1 year, 338 days		Li Xiannian
8		Song Demin (1930–2021)		April 1991	March 27, 1993	1 year, 360 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee		[11]
	8th			March 27, 1993	March 19, 1994	357 days		Li Ruihuan
9		Zhu Xun (born 1930)		March 19, 1994	March 13, 1998	3 years, 359 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee		[12]
10	9th	Zheng Wantong (born 1941)		March 13, 1998	March 13, 2003	5 years, 0 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee		[13]
	10th			March 13, 2003	March 13, 2008	5 years, 0 days		Jia Qinglin
11	11th	Qian Yunlu (born 1944)		March 13, 2008	March 11, 2013	4 years, 357 days	Member of the CCP Central Committee Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee		[14]
12	12th	Zhang Qingli (born 1951)		March 11, 2013	March 14, 2018	5 years, 3 days	Member of the CCP Central Committee Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee	Yu Zhengsheng	[15]
13	13th	Xia Baolong (born 1952)		March 14, 2018	May 27, 2020	2 years, 74 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office	Wang Yang	[16]
14		Li Bin (born 1954)		May 27, 2020	March 10, 2023	2 years, 287 days	Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee Vice Chairwoman of the CPPCC National Committee Chairwoman of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation		[17]
15	14th	Wang Dongfeng (born 1958)		March 10, 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 155 days	Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee	Wang Huning	[18]

See also

• China portal
• Politics portal

• National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
  • Chairperson
  • Vice-Chairpersons
• Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
  • Secretary-General

Notes

1. These numbers are not official.