Politics of Chongqing

The politics of Chongqing is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

The Mayor of Chongqing is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Chongqing. As since 1997 Chongqing has been a centrally administered municipality, the mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Chongqing Communist Party of China Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Chongqing CPC Party Chief".

Since 1997, the Chongqing Municipal Government has governed Chongqing.^[1] Chongqing was previously also governed by a Municipal Government between 1939 and 1954, but in 1929-1939 and 1954-1997, when Chongqing was a sub-provincial city rather than a centrally administered municipality, it was governed by the Chongqing City Government.

List of the CPC Chongqing committee secretaries[]

Number	Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Notes
1		Chen Xilian (陈锡联) (1915–1999)	1949	1950
2		(张霖之) (1908–1967)	1950	1952
3		Cao Diqiu (曹荻秋) (1909–1976)	1952	1954
4		Yan Hongyan (阎红彦) (1909–1967)	1956	1959
5		Ren Baige (任白戈) (1906–1986)	1959	1967
6		Lan Yinong (蓝亦农) (1919–2008)	1967	1968
7		Duan Siying (段思英) (1917–2007)	1968	1969
8		He Yunfeng (何云峰) (1922–2013)	1969	1973
9		Lu Dadong (鲁大东) (1915–1998)	1973	1977
10		Qian Min (钱敏) (1915–2016)	1977	1978
11		(丁长河) (born 1934)	1978	1980
12		(于汉卿) (1929–2011)	1980	1985
13		(廖伯康) (born 1924)	1985	1988
14		Xiao Yang (肖秧) (1929–1998)	1988	1993
15		(孙同川) (born 1940)	1993	1995
16		(张德邻) (born 1939)	October 1995	June 1999
17		He Guoqiang (贺国强) (born 1943)	June 1999	October 2002	Politburo Standing Committee (2007–2012) Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (2007–2012)
18		Huang Zhendong (黄镇东) (born 1941)	October 2002	December 2005
19		Wang Yang (汪洋) (born 1955)	December 2005	November 2007	Vice-Premier (2012–)
20		Bo Xilai (薄熙来) (born 1949)	November 2007	March 2012	Sacked in 2012 after being implicated in the Wang Lijun incident, sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption and abuse of power
21		Zhang Dejiang (张德江) (born 1946)	March 2012	November 2012	Politburo Standing Committee (2012–) Chairman of the National People's Congress (2013–)
22		Sun Zhengcai (孙政才) (born 1963)	November 2012	July 2017	Sacked in 2017 and sentenced to life imprisonment on May 8, 2018 for bribery worth 170 million yuan
23		Chen Min'er (陈敏尔) (born 1960)	July 2017	Incumbent

List of mayors of Chongqing^[2][]

Republic of China[]

Number	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
1		Yang Sen (楊森) (1884–1977)	November 1921	August 1922
2		Deng Xihou (鄧錫侯) (1889–1964)	February 1923
3		(陳國棟) (1879–1954)
4		(朱宗愨) (?–?)
5		Tang Shizun (唐式遵) (1884–1950)	June 1926
6		Pan Wenhua (潘文華) (1886–1950)	July 1926	June 1935
7		(張必果) (1891–1936)	24 June 1935	11 April 1936
8		(李宏錕) (1895–1957)	1936	July 1938
9		(蔣志澄) (1893–1949)	1 August 1938	5 May 1939
10		(賀國光) (1885–1969)	15 May 1939	5 December 1939
11		K. C. Wu (吳國楨) (1903–1984)	December 1939	16 December 1942
12		(賀耀組) (1889–1961)	16 December 1942	November 1945
13		(張篤倫) (1892–1958)	1 December 1945	April 1948
14		Yang Sen (楊森) (1884–1977)	April 1948	30 November 1949

People's Republic of China[]

Number	Image	Name	Term Start	Term End
1		Chen Xilian (陈锡联) (1915–1995)	2 December 1949
2		Cao Diqiu (曹荻秋) (1909–1976)	December 1951	January 1955
3		Ren Baige (任白戈) (1906–1986)	January 1955	1966
4		Lan Yinong (蓝亦农) (1919–2008)	May 1968	December 1968
5		Duan Siying (段思英) (1917–2007)	December 1968	1969
6		He Yunfeng (何云峰) (1922–2013)	1969	December 1973
7		Lu Dadong (鲁大东) (1915–1998)	December 1973	1978
8		Qian Min (钱敏) (1915–2016)	May 1978	August 1978
9		(丁长河) (born 1934)	1978	March 1980
10		(于汉卿) (1929–2011)	March 1980	May 1985
11		Xiao Yang (肖秧) (1929–1998)	May 1985	August 1988
12		(孙同川) (born 1940)	August 1988	April 1993
13		(刘志忠) (born 1942)	May 1993	September 1996
14		(蒲海清) (born 1941)	September 1996 (acting) 19 June 1997	June 1999
15		(包叙定) (born 1939)	June 1999	October 2002
16		Wang Hongju (王鸿举) (born 1945)	October 2002 (acting) January 2003	November 2009
17		Huang Qifan (黄奇帆) (born 1952)	November 2009	December 2016
18		Zhang Guoqing (张国清) (born 1964)	December 2016	January 2018
19		Tang Liangzhi (唐良智) (born 1960)	January 2018	Present

List of chairmen of Chongqing People's Congress[]

1. Wang Yunlong (王云龙): 1997–2002
2. Huang Zhendong (黄镇东): 2003–2005
3. Wang Yang (汪洋): 2006–2008
4. (陈光国): 2008–2011
5. (陈存根): 2011–2012
6. (张轩): 2012–present

List of chairmen of CPPCC Chongqing Committee[]

1. Zhang Wenbin (张文彬): 1997–2003
2. (刘志忠): 2003–2008
3. (邢元敏): 2008–2013
4. Xu Jingye (徐敬业): 2013–2017
5. (徐松南): 2017–present

See also[]

• Economy of Chongqing

References[]