The secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Shenzhen 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 Shenzhen, which outranks the mayor, conventionally being the deputy secretary of the municipal committee. The secretary is also the leader of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee.
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 could also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee, which the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government.
The current secretary is Meng Fanli, who took office on 18 April 2022.
List of party secretaries No.English nameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeReferences1Zhang Xunfu23 January 197917 June 19802Wu Nansheng17 June 19806 March 19813Liang Xiang6 March 198115 May 19864Li Hao15 May 1986April 19935Li YouweiApril 1993January 19986Zhang GaoliJanuary 199816 December 20017Huang Liman17 December 200117 March 20058Li Hongzhong17 March 2005November 20079Liu YupuSeptember 2008April 201010Wang RongApril 2010March 201511Ma Xingrui26 March 201530 December 201612Xu Qin30 December 20161 April 201713Wang Weizhong1 April 201718 April 202214Meng Fanli18 April 202222 March 202615Jin Lei22 March 2026Incumbent
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