Party Secretary of Shanghai

The secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Shanghai.

The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can also be appointed by a plenary meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, and since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the CCP Politburo. The secretary leads the work of the Municipal Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary outranks the mayor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.

The current secretary is Chen Jining, a member of the CCP Politburo, who took office on 28 October 2022.

List of party secretaries PortraitNameTook officeLeft office1Rao Shushi194919502Chen Yi195019543Ke Qingshi195419654Chen Pixian196519675Zhang Chunqiao197119766Su Zhenhua197619797Peng Chong197919808Chen Guodong198019859Rui Xingwen1985198710Jiang Zemin27 November 19871 August 198911Zhu Rongji1 August 198920 March 199112Wu Bangguo20 March 199128 September 199413Huang Ju28 September 199415 November 200214Chen Liangyu15 November 200224 September 2006—Han Zheng24 September 200624 March 200715Xi Jinping24 March 200727 October 200716Yu Zhengsheng27 October 200720 November 201217Han Zheng20 November 201229 October 201718Li Qiang29 October 201728 October 202219Chen Jining28 October 2022Incumbent

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