Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Shanghai.[1] The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the city and outranks the mayor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.[1] The current secretary is Chen Jining, a member of the CCP Politburo,[2] who replaced Li Qiang on 28 October 2022.[3]

Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

中国共产党上海市委员会
Overview
TypeHighest decision-making organ when Shanghai Municipal Congress is not in session.
Elected byShanghai Municipal Congress
Length of termFive years
Term limitsNone
First convocation15 December 1921
Leadership
SecretaryChen Jining
Deputy SecretaryGong Zheng (Mayor)
Secretary-GeneralLi Zheng
Executive organStanding Committee
Inspection organCommission for Discipline Inspection
Meeting place
200 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese中国共产党上海市委员会
Traditional Chinese中國共產黨上海市委員會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Shànghǎi Shì Wěiyuánhuì
Abbreviation
Chinese中共上海市委
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnggòng Shànghǎi Shìwěi

The committee is elected every five years by the Shanghai Municipal Congress of the CCP.[4] The permanent body of the committee is its Standing Committee.[5]

Organization

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The organization of the CCP Shanghai Committee includes:[6]

  • General Office[7]

Functional Departments

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  • Organization Department
  • Propaganda Department
  • United Front Work Department
  • Political and Legal Affairs Commission

Offices

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  • Research Office
  • Office of the National Security Commission
  • Office of the Cyberspace Affairs Commission
  • Office of the Central Military-civilian Fusion Development Committee
  • Taiwan Work Office
  • Office of the Institutional Organization Commission
  • Office of the Leading Group for Inspection Work

Organizations Directly under the Committee

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  • Shanghai Municipal Party School
  • Shanghai United Media Group[8]
  • Shanghai Institute of Socialism
  • State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform
  • Office of the Institutional Organization Commission of the Chinese Communist Party Shanghai Committee

Standing Committee

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The Standing Committee Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the permanent body of the committee. It currently consists of 12 members:

  • Chen Jining, Committee Secretary
  • Gong Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, Deputy Committee Secretary[9]
  • Li Yangzhe, Secretary of the Shanghai Commission for Discipline Inspection, Director of the Shanghai Supervisory Commission
  • Zhang Wei, Director of the Shanghai Organization Department
  • Zhao Jiaming, Head of the Shanghai Propaganda Department
  • Chen Tong, Head of the Shanghai United Front Work Department
  • Zhu Zhisong, Communist Party Secretary of Pudong
  • Chen Jinshan, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Lingang New Area, Director of the Lingang New Area Administration
  • Li Zheng, Committee Secretary-general
  • Hu Shijun, Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Shanghai Garrison
  • Hua Yuan, Executive Vice Mayor

Leadership

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CCP Committee Secretaries

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Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党上海市委员会书记
 
 
Incumbent
Chen Jining
since October 28, 2022
Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
TypeParty Committee Secretary
StatusProvincial level official
Member ofShanghai Municipal Standing Committee
SeatHuangpu, Shanghai
NominatorCentral Committee
AppointerShanghai Municipal Committee
Central Committee
Inaugural holderRao Shushi
Formation1949
DeputyDeputy Secretary
Secretary-General

The secretary of the committee is the highest office in Shanghai, being superior to the mayor of the city.[1]

No. Name Took office Left office Ref.
1 Rao Shushi 1949 1950 [citation needed]
2 Chen Yi 1950 1954 [citation needed]
3 Ke Qingshi 1954 1965 [citation needed]
4 Chen Pixian 1965 1967 [citation needed]
5 Zhang Chunqiao 1971 1976 [citation needed]
6 Su Zhenhua 1976 1979 [citation needed]
7 Peng Chong 1979 1980 [citation needed]
8 Chen Guodong 1980 1985 [citation needed]
9 Rui Xingwen 1985 1987 [citation needed]
10 Jiang Zemin 27 November 1987 1 August 1989 [citation needed]
11 Zhu Rongji 1 August 1989 20 March 1991 [citation needed]
12 Wu Bangguo 20 March 1991 28 September 1994 [citation needed]
13 Huang Ju 28 September 1994 15 November 2002 [citation needed]
14 Chen Liangyu 15 November 2002 24 September 2006 [10]
Han Zheng 24 September 2006 24 March 2007 [11]
15 Xi Jinping 24 March 2007 27 October 2007 [12]
16 Yu Zhengsheng 27 October 2007 20 November 2012 [13]
17 Han Zheng 20 November 2012 29 October 2017 [11]
18 Li Qiang 29 October 2017 28 October 2022 [14]
19 Chen Jining 28 October 2022 Incumbent [3]

Party Committees

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11th Municipal Party Committee (12 May 2017 – 28 June 2022)

  • Secretary: Han Zheng (until 29 October 2017), Li Qiang (from 29 October 2017)
  • Deputy Secretaries: Ying Yong (Mayor, until February 2020), Yin Hong (until November 2019), Liao Guoxun (February 2020–August 2020), Gong Zheng (Mayor, from March 2020), Yu Shaoliang (October 2020–February 2022), Zhuge Yujie (from March 2022)
  • Other Standing Committee members: Dong Yunhu (until May 2018), Wu Jingping (until May 2018), Zhou Bo (February 2019), Chen Yin (until October 2021), Weng Zuliang (until July 2021), Shi Xiaolin (until May 2018), Ling Xi (December 2017–May 2021), Zhou Huilin (from May 2018), Zheng Gangmiao (from June 2018), Wu Qing (from September 2019), Lin Xuexin (from May 2020), Hu Wenrong (from December 2020), Zhu Zhisong (from January 2021), Liu Jie (from May 2021), Zhao Jiaming (from March 2022), Chen Jinshan (from March 2022)

12th Municipal Party Committee (28 June 2022–)

  • Secretary: Li Qiang (until 28 October 2022), Chen Jining (from 28 October 2022)
  • Deputy Secretaries: Gong Zheng (Mayor), Zhuge Yujie (until March 2023), Wu Qing (July 2023–February 2024)[15]
  • Other Standing Committee members: Lin Xuexin (until October 2022), Hu Wenrong (until January 2023), Zhao Jiaming, Chen Tong, Zhu Zhisong, Zhang Wei, Chen Jinshan, Guo Fang (until June 2023), Li Yangzhe (from October 2022), Hu Shijun (from April 2023), Li Zheng (from July 2023), Hua Yuan (from February 2024)

See also

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References

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