Politics of Beijing

The politics of Beijing are structured as a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China.

The mayor of Beijing is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Beijing. Since Beijing is a centrally administered municipality with the rank of a province, the mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor is subordinate to the Beijing Municipal Committee Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The office of Beijing Party Secretary () has always historically been a high-profile post. Since the founding of the People's Republic, the Party Secretary of Beijing has almost always held a seat on the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, the country's top ruling organ. Because of Beijing's position as the national capital, the Secretary is also involved in major decision making of national events. Peng Zhen, the first Beijing party secretary, was an important political figure nationally, and was purged by Mao in the opening act of the Cultural Revolution. Xie Fuzhi, whose term lasted from 1967 to 1972, was concurrently China's top security official, and held significant influence nationally. Chen Xitong's (term 1992–95) political influence was considered a threat to the Shanghai clique that he was removed from the position and tried on corruption charges. When the People's Republic celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1999, it was Beijing Party Secretary Jia Qinglin (term 1997–2002) who presided over the festivities. Liu Qi (term 2002–2012) was the chair of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, and spoke at both the opening and closing ceremonies of the games. Liu Qi also presided the celebration of 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in 2009.

List of CCP secretaries

List of chairmen of Beijing People's Congress

Name Term start Term end1Jia Tingsan (贾庭三) (1912–1984)197919832Zhao Pengfei (赵鹏飞) (1920–2005)198319933Zhang Jianmin (张健民) (born 1931)199320014Yu Junbo (于均波) (born 1941)200120075Du Deyin (杜德印) (born 1951)200720176Li Wei (李伟) (born 1958)201720236Li Xiuling (李秀领) (born 1962)2023Incumbent

List of mayors

List of chairmen of CPPCC Beijing Committee

Name Term start Term end1Liu Ren (刘仁) (1909–1973)195519672Ding Guoyu (丁国钰) (1916–2015)November 1977December 19793Zhao Pengfei (赵鹏飞) (1920–2005)December 1979March 19834Liu Daosheng (刘导生) (1913–2014)March 1983March 19855Fan Jin (范瑾) (1919–2009)March 1985May 19866Bai Jiefu (白介夫) (1921–2013)May 198619937Wang Daming (王大明) (born 1929)199319988Chen Guangwen (陈广文) (born 1936)1998January 20039Cheng Shi'e (程世峨) (born 1940)January 2003January 200610Yang Anjiang (阳安江) (born 1945)January 2006January 201111Wang Anshun (王安顺) (born 1957)January 2011January 201312Ji Lin (吉林) (born 1962)January 2013January 202213Wei Xiaodong (魏小东) (born 1961)January 2022Incumbent

List of the Chairmen of Beijing Supervisory Committee

Name Term start Term end1Zhang Shuofu (张硕辅) (born 1965)January 2017July 20182Chen Yong (陈雍) (born 1966)January 2019July 20213Chen Jian (陈健) (born 1964)November 2021Incumbent

Politics of Beijing

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