The governor of Gansu, officially the Governor of the Gansu Provincial People's Government, is the head of Gansu Province and leader of the Gansu Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Gansu 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 Gansu 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 Gansu Committee. The current acting governor is Kong Shaoxun, who took office on 2 September 2026.
List of governors
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Gansu Provincial People's Government1Wang ShitaiJuly 1949January 1950Chinese Communist Party2Deng BaoshanJanuary December 1954Governor of the Gansu Provincial People's Committee(2)Deng BaoshanDecember 1954May 1967Chinese Communist PartyDirector of the Gansu Revolutionary Committee3Xian HenghanMay 1967January 1977Chinese Communist Party4Song PingJune 1977December 1979Governor of the Gansu Provincial People's Government5Feng JixinDecember 1979January 1981Chinese Communist Party6Li DengyingJanuary 1981April 19837Chen GuangyiApril 1983May 19868Jia ZhijieMay 1986January 19939Yan HaiwangJanuary 1993September 199310Zhang WuleSeptember 1993July 199611Sun YingJuly 1996April 199812Song ZhaosuApril 1998January 200113Lu HaoJanuary 2001October 200614Xu Shousheng30 October 200629 July 201015Liu Weiping29 July 20101 April 201616Lin Duo1 April 201611 April 201717Tang Renjian11 April 20173 December 202018Ren Zhenhe3 December 20202 September 202619Kong Shaoxun2 September 2026Incumbent
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