The minister of transport of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is eighteenth 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 Liu Wei, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.
List of ministers No.NameTook officeLeft officeMinister of Communications of the Central People's Government1Zhang Bojun19 October 1949September 1954Biography, China Vitæ, retrieved 2007-01-19.Minister of Communications of the People's Republic of China1Zhang BojunSeptember 1954January 19582Wang ShoudaoJanuary 1958July 19643Sun DaguangJuly 1964January 19754Ye FeiJanuary 1975February 19795Zeng ShengFebruary 1979March 19816Peng DeqingMarch 1981May 19827Li QingMay 1982July 19848Qian YongchangJuly 1984March 19919Huang ZhendongMarch 1991October 200210Zhang ChunxianOctober 2002December 200511Li ShenglinDecember 200515 March 2008Li Shenglin Appointed as Minister of Communications by Standing Committee of National People's Congress china.com.cnMinister of Transport of the People's Republic of China1Li Shenglin15 March 200831 August 20122Yang Chuantang31 August 20123 September 20163Li Xiaopeng3 September 20168 November 20244Liu Wei8 November 2024Incumbent
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