Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

The Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is a deputy to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and is responsible for assisting the chairman in his work. The secretary-general is responsible for overseeing the operations of the NPCSC General Office.

Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
全国人民代表大会常务委员会秘书长
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Incumbent Liu Qi since March 10, 2023
General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Type	Presiding officer
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Council of Chairpersons
Nominator	Presidium of the National People's Congress
Appointer	National People's Congress
Term length	5 years, renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument	Constitution of China
Formation	27 September 1954; 70 years ago (1954-09-27)
First holder	Peng Zhen
Deputy	Deputy Secretary-General

The secretary-general is formally nominated by the Presidium of the NPC during a session and approved by the delegations of the NPC, although in practice the candidate is chosen within the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).^[1] The Chairman, Vice Chairpersons, and the Secretary-General of the NPCSC collectively constitute the Council of Chairpersons.^[2] The secretary-general is responsible for the administrative operations of the General Office of the Standing Committee.^[3] The post is generally held concurrently by one of the vice chairpersons, and is assisted by one or more Deputy Secretaries-General.

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	Peng Zhen (1902–1997)		September 27, 1954	January 3, 1965	10 years, 98 days	Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee	Liu Shaoqi	[4]
	2nd							Zhu De	[5]
2	3rd	Liu Ningyi (1907–1994)		January 3, 1965	January 17, 1975	10 years, 14 days	Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee
3	4th	Ji Pengfei (1910–2000)		January 17, 1975	March 8, 1978	13 years, 62 days
	5th							Ye Jianying	[6]
4		Peng Zhen (1902–1997)		November 29, 1979	September 10, 1980	306 days	Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee		[4]
5		Yang Shangkun (1907–1998)		September 10, 1980	June 18, 1983	2 years, 281 days			[7]
6	6th	Wang Hanbin (born 1925)		June 18, 1983	April 8, 1988	1 year, 360 days		Peng Zhen	[8]
7	7th	Peng Chong (1915–2010)		April 8, 1988	March 27, 1993	4 years, 353 days		Wan Li	[9]
8	8th	Cao Zhi (1928–2020)		March 27, 1993	March 16, 1998	4 years, 354 days		Qiao Shi	[10]
9	9th	He Chunlin (born 1933)		March 16, 1998	March 15, 2003	4 years, 364 days		Li Peng	[11]
10	10th	Sheng Huaren (born 1935)		March 15, 2003	March 15, 2008	5 years, 0 days	Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee	Wu Bangguo	[12]
11	11th	Li Jianguo (born 1946)		March 15, 2008	March 14, 2013	4 years, 364 days	Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee		[13]
12	12th	Wang Chen (born 1948)		March 14, 2013	March 17, 2018	5 years, 3 days	Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee	Zhang Dejiang	[14]
13	13th	Yang Zhenwu (born 1954)		March 17, 2018	March 10, 2023	4 years, 358 days		Li Zhanshu	[15]
14	14th	Liu Qi (born 1956)		March 10, 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 155 days		Zhao Leji	[16]

See also

• China portal
• Politics portal

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

Notes

1. These numbers are not official.