The 13th State Council of China lasted from March 2018 to March 2023, under the Li Keqiang premiership. It succeeded the 12th State Council. Premier Li was ranked only second to CCP general secretary Xi Jinping among 7 members of the 19th Politburo Standing Committee, top decision-making body of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). During the 1st Session of the 13th National People's Congress in March 2018, Li Keqiang was appointed by President Xi according to the approval of the National People's Congress to re-serve as the Premier.
13th State Council State Council leaders + Members of the Executive Meeting of the 13th State Council (March 2018 – March 2023) # PortraitName Birthyear Government posts Duties Party Party positions Functional roles 1 Li Keqiang 1955 Premier of the State Council Overall work of the State Council CCP Member, 19th Politburo Standing CommitteeSecretary, Vice Chairman, National Security CommissionDirector, Central Institutional Organization CommissionDirector, National Defense Mobilization CommissionDirector, National Energy Commission 2 Han Zheng 1955 Vice Premier of the State Council (first-ranked) Develop & reform, institutional reform, etc. CCP Member, 19th Politburo Standing CommitteeDeputy Secretary, 3 Sun Chunlan(female) 1950 Vice Premier of the State Council Education, health, sport, etc. CCP Member, 19th PolitburoMember, 4 Hu Chunhua 1963 Vice Premier of the State Council Agricultural and rural affairs, poverty alleviation, water resources, foreign trade CCP Member, 19th PolitburoMember, 5 Liu He 1952 Vice Premier of the State Council Finance, science and technology, industry and transport CCP Member, 19th PolitburoMember, Director of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Office 6 GeneralWei Fenghe 1954 State Councilor and Minister of National DefenseMember of the PRC Central Military Commission National defense mobilization, etc. CCP Member, 19th Central CommitteeMember, Member, CCP Central Military Commission Member, Central Foreign Affairs CommissionDirector 7Wang Yong 1955 State Councilor Emergency management, etc. CCP Member, 19th Central CommitteeMember, 8 Wang Yi 1953 State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Foreign affairs CCP Member, 19th Central CommitteeMember, Member, Central Foreign Affairs Commission 9 Xiao Jie 1957State Councillor and Secretary-General of the State Council In charge of the State Council General Office CCP Member, 19th Central CommitteeMember, Secretary, 10 PCGZhao Kezhi 1953 State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Public security, etc. CCP Member, 19th Central CommitteeMember, Member, Central Political and Legal Affairs CommissionMember, Central National Security Commission
Cabinet-level departments
+ Constituent Departments of the 13th State Council (March 2018 – March 2023) # Logo Name of Department Chief Birthyear Party Took office Left office Reports To 1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1953 CCP 2018 March 2023 Xi Jinping (Party General Secretary and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission)∟ Yang Jiechi (Director of the CFAC Office) 2 Minister of National Defense General Wei Fenghe (Member of the Central Military Commission)State Councilor and Minister of National Defense 1954 CCP 2018 March 2023 Xi Jinping (Party General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission) 3 National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) He Lifeng (Vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee)Minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission 1955 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Han Zheng 4 Ministry of Education (MOE) Chen Baosheng Minister of Education 1956 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan 5 Ministry of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang Minister of Science and Technology 1957 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Liu He 6 Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Miao Wei Minister of Industry and Information Technology 1955 CCP 2018 March 2023 7 National Ethnic Affairs Commission (NEAC) Bagatur 巴特尔 (Mongol)(Vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee)Minister in charge of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission 1955 CCP 2018 2020 You Quan (Head of the CCP Central Committee United Front Work Department) Chen XiaojiangMinister in charge of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission 1962 CCP 2020-12-26 March 2023 8 Ministry of Public Security (MPS) PCG Zhao Kezhi State Councilor and Minister of Public Security 1953 CCP 2018 March 2023 Guo Shengkun (Secretary of the CCP Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission) 9 Ministry of State Security (MSS) PCG Chen Wenqing Minister of State Security 1960 CCP 2018 10 Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) Huang Shuxian Minister of Civil Affairs 1954 CCP 2016 2019-10-26 State Councilor Wang Yong Li Jiheng Minister of Civil Affairs 1957 CCP 2019-10-26 March 2023 11 Ministry of Justice Fu Zhenghua Minister of Justice 1955 CCP 2018 April 2020 Guo Shengkun (Secretary of the CCP Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission) Tang Yijun Minister of Justice 1961 CCP April 2020 March 2023 12 Ministry of Finance Liu Kun Minister of Finance 1956 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Han Zheng 13 Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) Zhang Jinan Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security 1957 CCP 2018 March 2023 Premier Li Keqiang 14 Ministry Natural Resources Lu Hao Minister of Natural Resources 1967 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Han Zheng 15 Ministry of Ecology and Environment Li Ganjie Minister of Ecology and Environment 1964 CCP 2018 April 2020 Huang Runqiu Minister of Ecology and Environment 1963 JS(vice-president) April 2020 March 2023 16 Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Wang Menghui Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development 1960 CCP 2018 March 2023 17 Ministry of Transport (MOT) Li Xiaopeng Minister of Transport 1959 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Liu He 18 Ministry of Water Resources E Jingping Minister of Water Resources 1956 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua 19 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Changfu Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 1954 CCP 2018 December 2020 Tang Renjian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 1962 CCP December 2020 March 2023 20 Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Zhong Shan Minister of Commerce 1955 CCP 2018 December 2020 Wang Wentao Minister of Commerce 1964 CCP December 2020 March 2023 21 Ministry of Culture and Tourism Luo Shugang Minister of Culture and Tourism 1955 CCP 2018 March 2023 Huang Kunming (Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party) Hu Heping Minister of Culture and Tourism 1962 CCP August 2020 March 2023 22 National Health Commission Ma Xiaowei Minister in charge of the National Health Commission 1959 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan 23 Ministry of Veterans Affairs Sun Shaocheng Minister of Veterans Affairs 1960 CCP 2018 March 2023 24 Ministry of Emergency Management Minister of Emergency Management 1956 CCP March 2018 (died of cancer) State Councilor Wang Yong Huang Ming Minister of Emergency Management 1957 CCP April 2021 March 2023 25 People's Bank of China (PBC) Yi Gang Governor of the People's Bank of China 1958 CCP 2018 March 2023 Vice-Premier Liu He (Director of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Office) 26 National Audit Office Hu Zejun 胡泽君 (female) Auditor-General of the National Audit Office 1955 CCP 2018 March 2023 Premier Li Keqiang∟ Vice-Premier Han Zheng
Other ministry-level and sub-ministry-level agencies Special organization directly under the State Council Ministry-level Logo Agency Chief BirthyearParty Tookoffice LeftofficeState-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council Xiao Yaqing 1959 CCP March 2018 March 2023
Organizations directly under the State Council Ministry-level Agency Chief Birthyear Party Tookoffice Leftoffice General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China CCG Ni Yuefeng 1964 CCP 2018 March 2023 State Administration of Taxation Wang Jun 1958 CCP 2018 March 2023 State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR)Zhang Mao1954 CCP 2018 March 2023 State Administration of Radio and Television (SART)Nie Chenxi1957 CCP 2018 March 2023 State General Administration of Sports Gou Zhongwen 1957 CCP 2018 Counselor's Office of the State Council Wang Zhongwei 1955 CCP 2015
Sub-ministry-level Agency Chief Birthyear Party Tookoffice Leftoffice National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China Ning Jizhe 1956 CCP 2018 March 2023 China International Development Cooperation Agency Wang Xiaotao 1960 CCP 2018 March 2023 State Administration of Medical Insurance Hu Jinglin 1964 CCP 2018 March 2023 State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of Chinaunder the State Market Regulatory Administration from 2018 Shen Changyu 1963 CCP 2013 March 2023 State Administration for Religious Affairsabsorbed into the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee from 2018 Wang Zuoan 1958 CCP 2009 National Government Offices Administration Li Baorong 1958 CCP 2015
Administrative Offices under the State Council Ministry-level Agency Chief Birthyear Party Tookoffice LeftofficeHong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Zhang Xiaoming 1963 CCP 2017 March 2023State Council Research Office Huang Shouhong 1964 CCP 2016 March 2023Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Councilabsorbed into the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee from 2018 Xu Yousheng 1957 CCP 2018 March 2023 Taiwan Affairs Office of the State CouncilTaiwan Work Office of the CCP Central Committee Liu Jieyi 1957 CCP 2018 March 2023 State Council Information OfficeForeign Publicity Office of the CCP Central Committee Jiang Jianguo 1956 CCP 2013 March 2023 Cyberspace Administration of ChinaOffice of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Xu Lin 1963 CCP 2016 March 2023
Institutions directly under the State Council Ministry-level Agency Chief Birthyear Party Tookoffice Leftoffice Xinhua News Agency Cai Mingzhao 1955 CCP 2014 March 2023 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Bai Chunli 1953 CCP 2011 March 2023Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Xie Fuzhan 1954 CCP 2018 March 2023Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) Li Xiaohong 1959 CCP 2018 March 2023 Development Research Center of the State Council Li Wei 1953 CCP 2011 March 2023 China Media Group (CMG or Voice of China) Shen Haixiong 1967 CCP 2018 March 2023 China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) Guo Shuqing 1956 CCP 2018 March 2023 China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Liu Shiyu 1961 CCP 2016 March 2023 National Council for Social Security Fundunder the Ministry of Finance from 2018 Lou Jiwei 1950 CCP 2016 March 2023 National Natural Science Foundationunder the Ministry of Science and Technology from 2018 Li Jinghai 1956 CCP 2018 March 2023
Sub-ministry-level Logo Agency Chief Birthyear Party Tookoffice LeftofficeChina Meteorological Administration Liu Yaming(female) 1957 CCP 2016 March 2023 China Earthquake Administrationunder the Ministry of Emergency Management from 2018Zheng Guoguang1959 CCP 2016 March 2023
National Administrations administered by ministry-level agencies Sub-ministry-level