Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission

The chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China is the head of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is third in order of precedence.

The chairman is responsible for leading the commission, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the commission. Officially, the chairman is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president. The current director is Zheng Shanjie, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the commission.

List of directors PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeChairman of the State Planning Commission of the Central People's Government1Gao GangNovember 1952February 1954Chairperson of the State Planning Commission2Li FuchunSeptember 1954June 19703Yu QiuliJanuary 1975August 19804Yao YilinAugust 1980June 19835Song PingJune 1983June 19876Yao YilinJune 1987December 19897Zou JiahuaDecember 1989March 19938Chen JinhuaMarch 1993March 1998Chairperson of the State Development Planning Commission9Zeng PeiyanMarch 1998March 2003Chairperson of the National Development and Reform Commission10Ma KaiMarch 2003March 2008Ma Kai, ChinaVitae, published 2003, accessed 2007-06-1411Zhang Ping8 March 200816 March 201312Xu Shaoshi16 March 201324 February 2017NPC endorses new cabinet lineup13He Lifeng24 February 201712 March 202314Zheng Shanjie12 March 2023Incumbent

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