The Minister of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is thirteenth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister 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 minister is Wang Xiaoping, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.
List of ministers
(Human Resources) original Ministry of Personnel No.NameTook officeLeft officeMinister of Personnel1An ZiwenOctober 1949November 1954Post abolished2Zhao DongwanApril 1988March 19933Song DefuMarch 1993December 20004Zhang XuezhongDecember 2000December 20025Zhang Bolin (张柏林)December 2002August 20076Yin WeiminAugust 2007March 2008
(Social Security) original Ministry of Labor No.NameTook officeLeft officeMinister of Labor1Li LisanOctober 1949September 19542Ma WenruiSeptember 19541966Post abolished3Luo GanApril 1988December 19884Ruan ChongwuDecember 198819895Li Boyong1989March 1993Minister of Labor and Social Security6Zhang ZuojiMarch 1998March 20037Zheng SilinMarch 2003July 20058Tian ChengpingJuly 2005March 2008
Human Resources and Social Security (Personnel and Labor) No.NameTook officeLeft officeMinister of Labor and Personnel1Zhao Shouyi198219852Zhao Dongwan1985April 1988Minister of Human Resources and Social Security3Yin WeiminMarch 2008March 20184Zhang JinanMarch 2018June 20225Zhou ZuyiJune 2022December 20226Wang XiaopingDecember 2022Incumbent
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