The mayor of Chongqing, officially the mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, is the head of Chongqing Municipality and leader of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government.
The mayor is elected by the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The mayor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the municipal government. The mayor is assisted by an executive vice mayor as well as several vice mayors. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The mayor the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Chongqing Committee.
The current mayor is Chen Xinwu, who took office on 31 July 2026.
List of mayors
Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeSupervisor of the Chongqing Commercial Port Supervision Office1Yang SenNovember 1921August 1922Supervisor of the Chongqing Municipal Government Office2Deng XihouFebruary 19233Cheng Guodong4Zhu ZongqueSupervisor of the Chongqing Commercial Port Supervisory Office5Tang ShizunJune 19266Pan WenhuaJuly 19261 November 1927Mayor of the Chongqing City Hall(6)Pan Wenhua1 November 192715 February 1929Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal Government(6)Pan Wenhua15 February 1929June 19357Zhang Biguo24 June 193511 April 19368Li Hongkun1936July 19389Jiang Zhicheng1 August 19385 May 1939Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal Government (city directly under the Central Government)10He Guoguang15 May 19395 December 193911K. C. WuDecember 193916 December 194212He Yaozu16 December 1942November 194513Zhang Dulun1 December 1945April 194814Yang SenApril 194830 November 1949
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeDirector of the People's Liberation Army Military Control Commission of Chongqing Municipality1Zhang Jichun3 December 1949?Chinese Communist PartyMayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government1Chen Xilian2 December 1949September 1950Chinese Communist Party2Cao DiqiuDecember 195119 June 1954Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government (province-level city of Sichuan)(2)Cao Diqiu19 June 1954January 1955Chinese Communist Party3Ren BaigeJanuary 1955July 1966Director of the Chongqing Revolutionary Committee4Lan YinongMay 1968December 1968Chinese Communist Party5Duan SiyingDecember 196819696He Yunfeng1969December 19737Lu DadongDecember 197319788Qian MinMay 1978August 19789Ding Changhe1978March 1980Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government (province-level city of Sichuan)10Yu HanqingMarch 1980May 1985Chinese Communist Party11Xiao YangMay 1985August 198812Sun TongchuanAugust 1988April 199313Liu ZhizhongMay 1993September 1996–Pu HaiqingSeptember 1996June 1999Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government14Pu Haiqing19 June 1997June 1999Chinese Communist Party15Bao XudingJune 1999October 200216Wang HongjuJanuary 2003November 200917Huang Qifan30 November 200930 December 201618Zhang Guoqing30 December 20162 January 201819Tang Liangzhi2 January 201830 December 202120Hu Henghua30 December 202127 May 202621Chen Xinwu31 July 2026 (acting)Incumbent
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