Secretary-General of the State Council

The Secretary-General of the State Council is an executive position within the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The secretary-general also leads the General Office of the State Council. The office ranks below the premier and above the ministers of various ministries and departments. The equivalent position in other political systems is the cabinet secretary.

Secretary-General of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国国务院秘书长
Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent Wu Zhenglong since 12 March 2023
General Office of the State Council
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Plenary Meeting of the State Council Executive Meeting of the State Council
Seat	Beijing
Appointer	President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Li Weihan
Formation	19 October 1949; 75 years ago (1949-10-19)

Secretary-General of the State Council
Simplified Chinese	中华人民共和国国务院秘书长
Traditional Chinese	中華人民共和國國務院秘書長
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guówùyuàn Mìshūzhǎng
Officially abbreviated as
Simplified Chinese	国务院秘书长
Traditional Chinese	國務院秘書長
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guówùyuàn Mìshūzhǎng

The current secretary-general is Wu Zhenglong, who has been serving in the position since 12 March 2023. The officeholder is supported by a few deputy Secretaries-general of the State Council.

Role

The secretary-general is nominated by the premier, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.^[1] The secretary-general is responsible for the day-to-day work of the State Council and is in charge of the General Office of the State Council.^[2] The office ranks below the premier and above the ministers of various ministries and departments.^[3][4] The officeholder is supported by a few deputy secretaries-general of the State Council. The secretary-general is a member of the plenary meetings and the executive meetings of the State Council.^[1]

List of secretaries-general

No.	Officeholder		Took office	Left office	Ref.
Secretary-General of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government
1		Li Weihan	October 1949	September 1953
2		Xi Zhongxun	September 1953	September 1954
Secretary-General of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
1		Xi Zhongxun	September 1954	January 1965
2		Zhou Rongxin	January 1965	January 1975
Post abolished (1975–1979)
3		Jin Ming	June 1979	February 1980
4		Ji Pengfei	February 1980	May 1982
5		Du Xingyuan (杜星垣)	May 1982	June 1983
6		Tian Jiyun	June 1983	September 1985
7		Chen Junsheng	September 1985	December 1988
8		Luo Gan	December 1988	March 1998
9		Wang Zhongyu	March 1998	March 2003
10		Hua Jianmin	March 2003	March 2008
11		Ma Kai	March 2008	March 2013
12		Yang Jing	March 2013	March 2018
13		Xiao Jie	March 2018	March 2023
14		Wu Zhenglong	March 2023	Incumbent