The governor of Jilin, officially the Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government, is the head of Jilin Province and leader of the Jilin Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Jilin Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Jilin Committee. The current governor is Hu Yuting, who took office on 2 April 2023.
List of governors
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government–Zhou BaozhongDecember 1945September 1949Chinese Communist Party1Zhou ChihengSeptember 1949January 19522Li YouwenJanuary 1952February 1955Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Committee(2)Li YouwenFebruary 1955March 1968Chinese Communist PartyDirector of the Jilin Revolutionary Committee3Wang HuaixiangMarch 1968February 1977Chinese Communist Party4Wang EnmaoFebruary 1977March 1980Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government5Yu KeMarch 1980June 1982Chinese Communist Party6Zhang GenshengJune 1982April 19837Zhao XiuApril 1983June 19858Gao DezhanJune 1985July 19879He ZhukangJuly 1987March 198910Wang ZhongyuMarch 1989March 199211Gao YanMarch 1992June 199512Wang YunkunJune 1995September 199813Hong HuSeptember 1998October 200413Wang MinOctober 2004December 200614Han ChangfuDecember 2006December 200915Wang Rulin1 December 200919 December 201216Bayanqolu31 January 20135 September 201417Jiang Chaoliang5 September 201417 November 201618Liu Guozhong12 December 20162 January 201819Jing Junhai2 January 201825 November 202020Han Jun25 November 20202 April 202321Hu Yuting2 April 2023Incumbent
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