The politics of Shenzhen in Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
The mayor of Shenzhen is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Shenzhen or Shenzhen Municipal Government. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Shenzhen, colloquially termed the "CCP Party Chief of Shenzhen" or "Communist Party Secretary of Shenzhen".
List of mayors of Shenzhen
No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes 1 Jia Hua 23 January 1979 17 June 1980
After Shenzhen was designated as a Special Economic Zone No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes 1 Wu Nansheng 17 June 1980 6 March 1981 2 Liang Xiang 15 October 1981 12 August 1985 3 Li Hao 12 August 1986 23 May 1990 4 Zheng Liangyu 23 May 1990 17 November 1992 5 Li Youwei 17 November 1992 23 May 1995 6 Li Zibin 23 May 1995 18 June 2000 7 Yu Youjun 18 June 2000 17 June 2003 8 Li Hongzhong 17 June 2003 3 June 2005 9 Xu Zongheng 3 June 2005 June 2009 10 Wang Rong June 2009 June 2010 11 Xu Qin June 2010 April 2017 12 Chen Rugui July 2017
List of CCP Party secretaries of Shenzhen
No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes 1 Zhang Xunfu 23 January 1979 17 June 1980
After Shenzhen was designated as a Special Economic Zone No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes 1 Wu Nansheng 17 June 1980 6 March 1981 2 Liang Xiang 6 March 1981 15 May 1986 3 Li Hao 15 May 1986 April 1993 4 Li Youwei April 1993 January 1998 5 Zhang Gaoli January 1998 16 December 2001 6 Huang Liman 17 December 2001 17 March 2005 7 Li Hongzhong 17 March 2005 November 2007 8 Liu Yupu September 2008 April 2010 9 Wang Rong April 2010 March 2015 10 Ma Xingrui 26 March 2015 30 December 2016 11 Xu Qin 30 December 2016 1 April 2017 12 Wang Weizhong 1 April 2017
Laws The city government introduced a good samaritan law in 2013, which intends to protect potential good samaritans from being scammed by people pretending to be victims. This was the first such law passed by a municipal government in mainland China. In 2020 the city passed the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Regulations on the Comprehensive Ban on Wild Animals", effective May 1 of that year, which also banned eating cats, dogs, and several other species, also making it the first in mainland China.
Paid leave became legally required in November 2020.
References
External links List of Mayors and Communist Party Secretaries of Shenzhen on People.com.cn (25 August 2005) List of Mayors and Communist Party Secretaries of Shenzhen on People.com.cn (27 March 2015)