List of vice premiers of China

This is a list of the vice premiers of the People's Republic of China since 1949.

In the People's Republic of China premiers elected by delegation of the National People's Congress every five years also are limited to two terms.

List of vice premiers The vice premiership of the PRC was created since the establishment of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949.

Generations of leadership

Portrait First-ranked Vice-Premier NPC Term of office Premiers Vice Premiers of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government (1949–54) Zhou Enlai — Dong Biwu董必武(1886–1975)Hubei At-large CP 1 October1949 15 September1954 Other Vice-Premiers: Chen Yun (2nd) Guo Moruo (3rd) Huang Yanpei (4th) Deng Xiaoping (5th) Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (1954–present) 1 Chen Yun陈云(1905–1995)Shanghai At-large I 15 September1954 18 April1959 Other Vice-Premiers:Lin Biao (2nd), Peng Dehuai (3rd), Deng Xiaoping (4th), Deng Zihui (5th),He Long (6th), Chen Yi (7th), Ulanhu (8th), Li Fuchun (9th), Li Xiannian (10th) II 18 April1959 21 December1964 Other Vice-Premiers:Lin Biao (2nd), Peng Dehuai (3rd), Deng Xiaoping (4th), Deng Zihui (5th), He Long (6th),Chen Yi (7th), Ulanhu (8th), Li Fuchun (9th), Li Xiannian (10th), Nie Rongzhen (11th),Bo Yibo (12th), Tan Zhenlin (13th), Lu Dingyi (14th), Luo Ruiqing (15th), Xi Zhongxun (16th) 2 Lin Biao林彪(1907–1971)PLA At-large III 21 December1964 13 September1971 (died in office) Other Vice-Premiers:Chen Yun (2nd), Deng Xiaoping (3rd), He Long (4th), Chen Yi (5th), Ke Qingshi (6th),Ulanhu (7th), Li Fuchun (8th), Li Xiannian (9th), Tan Zhenlin (10th), Nie Rongzhen (11th),Bo Yibo (12th), Lu Dingyi (13th), Luo Ruiqing (14th), Tao Zhu (15th), Xie Fuzhi (16th) 3 Deng Xiaoping邓小平(1904–1997)Beijing At-large III(cont) 13 September1971 (acting) 4 January1975 Other Vice-Premiers:Chen Yun (2nd), He Long (3rd), Chen Yi (4th), Ke Qingshi (5th), Ulanhu (6th),Li Fuchun (7th), Li Xiannian (8th), Tan Zhenlin (9th), Nie Rongzhen (10th), Bo Yibo (11th),Lu Dingyi (12th), Luo Ruiqing (13th), Tao Zhu (14th), Xie Fuzhi (15th) IV 4 January1975 5 March1978Zhou Enlai(1975–1976)Hua Guofeng*(1976–1978) Other Vice-Premiers:Zhang Chunqiao (2nd), Li Xiannian (3rd), Chen Xilian (4th), Ji Dengkui (5th), Hua Guofeng* (6th),Chen Yonggui (7th), Wu Guixian (8th), Wang Zhen (9th), Yu Qiuli (10th), Gu Mu, Sun Jian (11th)V 5 March1978 10 September1980 (resigned)Hua Guofeng Other Vice-Premiers:Li Xiannian (2nd), Xu Xiangqian (3rd), Ji Dengkui (4th), Yu Qiuli (5th), Chen Xilian (6th), Geng Biao (7th),Chen Yonggui (8th), Fang Yi (9th), Wang Zhen (10th), Gu Mu (11th), Kang Shi'en (12th), Chen Muhua (13th) 4Wan Li万里(1916–2015)Anhui At-largeV(cont) 10 September1980 (acting) 6 June1983Zhao Ziyang Other Vice-Premiers:Li Xiannian (2nd), Xu Xiangqian (3rd), Ji Dengkui (4th), Yu Qiuli (5th), Chen Xilian (6th), Geng Biao (7th),Chen Yonggui (8th), Fang Yi (9th), Wang Zhen (10th), Gu Mu (11th), Kang Shi'en (12th), Chen Muhua (13th)VI 6 June1983 25 March1988Zhao Ziyang(1980–1987)Li Peng*(1987–1988) Other Vice-Premiers:Yao Yilin (2nd), Li Peng* (3rd), Tian Jiyun (4th), later: Qiao Shi 5 Yao Yilin姚依林(1917–1994)Jiangxi At-large VII 25 March1988 5 March1993 Li Peng Other Vice-Premiers:Tian Jiyun (2nd), Wu Xueqian (3rd), later: Zou Jiahua, Zhu Rongji 6 Zhu Rongji朱镕基(1928–2026)Hunan At-largeVIII 25 March1993 17 March1998 Other Vice-Premiers:Zou Jiahua (2nd), Qian Qichen (3rd), Li Lanqing (4th), later: Wu Bangguo, Jiang Chunyun 7 Li Lanqing李岚清(1932–)Jiangsu At-large IX 17 March1998 17 March2003 Zhu Rongji Other Vice-Premiers: Qian Qichen (2nd) Wu Bangguo (3rd) Wen Jiabao (4th) 8 Huang Ju黄菊(1938–2007)Shanghai At-large X 17 March2003 2 June2007 (died in office) Wen Jiabao Other Vice-Premiers: Wu Yi (2nd) Zeng Peiyan (3rd) Hui Liangyu (4th) — Wu Yi吴仪(1938–)Zhejiang At-large X(cont) 2 June2007 (acting) 17 March2008 Other Vice-Premiers: Zeng Peiyan (2nd) Hui Liangyu (3rd) 9 Li Keqiang李克强(1955–2023)Liaoning At-large XI 17 March2008 15 March2013 Other Vice-Premiers: Hui Liangyu (2nd) Zhang Dejiang (3rd) Wang Qishan (4th) 10 Zhang Gaoli张高丽(1947–)Tianjin At-large XII 16 March2013 19 March2018 Li Keqiang Other Vice-Premiers: Liu Yandong (2nd) Wang Yang (3rd) Ma Kai (4th) 11 Han Zheng韩正(1955–)Shaanxi At-large XIII 19 March2018 12 March2023 Other Vice-Premiers: Sun Chunlan (2nd) Hu Chunhua (3rd) Liu He (4th) 12 Ding Xuexiang丁薛祥(1961–)Jiangsu At-large XIV 12 March2023 Incumbent Li Qiang Other Vice-Premiers: He Lifeng (2nd) Zhang Guoqing (3rd) Liu Guozhong (4th)

List of vice premiers of China

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