Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Chongqing. The committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the municipality. The current secretary is Yuan Jiajun, a member of the CCP Politburo, who succeeded Chen Min'er on 8 December 2022.

Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 中国共产党重庆市委员会
Overview
Type	Highest decision-making organ when Chongqing Municipal Congress is not in session.
Elected by	Chongqing Municipal Congress
Length of term	Five years
Term limits	None
First convocation	May 1949
Leadership
Secretary	Yuan Jiajun
Deputy Secretary	Hu Henghua (Mayor) Li Mingqing (Specifically-designated)
Secretary-General	Chen Xinwu
Executive organ	Standing Committee
Inspection organ	Commission for Discipline Inspection
Meeting place
36 Zhongshan 4th Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

History

The Chongqing Municipal Committee was established in May 1949. In June 1997, after Chongqing was split from Sichuan to become a direct-administered municipality, Chongqing Municipal Committee became the municipality's highest administrative agency.

Organization

The organization of the CCP Chongqing Committee includes:^[1]

• General Office

Functional Departments

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

Offices

• Policy Research Office
• Office of the National Security Commission
• Office of the Cyberspace Affairs Commission
• Office of the Military-civilian Fusion Development Committee
• Taiwan Work Office
• Office of the Institutional Organization Commission
• Office of the Leading Group for Inspection Work
• Bureau of Veteran Cadres
• Municipal Archives Bureau

Dispatched institutions

• Working Committee of the Organs Directly Affiliated to the Chongqing Municipal Committee

Organizations directly under the Committee

• Chongqing Party School
• Chongqing Daily
• Chongqing Institute of Socialism
• Party History Research Office
• Chongqing Municipal Archives

Leadership

Party Secretary

Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
中国共产党重庆市委员会书记
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
Incumbent Yuan Jiajun since 9 December 2022
Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
Status	Local head of party
Nominator	Municipal Committee
Appointer	Municipal Committee
Formation	1949
Deputy	Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Committee

No.	Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Ref.
1		Chen Xilian (陈锡联) (1915–1999)	1949	1950
2		Zhang Linzhi (张霖之) (1908–1967)	1950	1952
3		Cao Diqiu (曹荻秋) (1909–1976)	1952	1954
4		Yan Hongyan (阎红彦) (1909–1967)	1956	1959
5		Ren Baige (任白戈) (1906–1986)	1959	1967
6		Lan Yinong (蓝亦农) (1919–2008)	1967	1968
7		Duan Siying (段思英) (1917–2007)	1968	1969
8		He Yunfeng (何云峰) (1922–2013)	1969	1973
9		Lu Dadong (鲁大东) (1915–1998)	1973	1977
10		Qian Min (钱敏) (1915–2016)	1977	1978
11		Ding Changhe (丁长河) (born 1934)	1978	1980
12		Yu Hanqing (于汉卿) (1929–2011)	1980	1985
13		Liao Bokang (廖伯康) (born 1924)	1985	1988
14		Xiao Yang (肖秧) (1929–1998)	1988	1993
15		Sun Tongchuan (孙同川) (born 1940)	1993	1995
16		Zhang Delin (张德邻) (born 1939)	October 1995	June 1999
17		He Guoqiang (贺国强) (born 1943)	June 1999	October 2002
18		Huang Zhendong (黄镇东) (born 1941)	October 2002	December 2005
19		Wang Yang (汪洋) (born 1955)	24 December 2005	30 November 2007
20		Bo Xilai (薄熙来) (born 1949)	30 November 2007	15 March 2012	[2]
21		Zhang Dejiang (张德江) (born 1946)	15 March 2012	20 November 2012	[3]
22		Sun Zhengcai (孙政才) (born 1963)	20 November 2012	14 July 2017	[4]
23		Chen Min'er (陈敏尔) (born 1960)	15 July 2017	8 December 2022	[5]
24		Yuan Jiajun (袁家军) (born 1962)	8 December 2022	Incumbent	[6]

Party Committees

5th Municipal Party Committee (May 2017–May 2022)

• Secretary: Sun Zhengcai (until 14 July 2017, put under investigation), Chen Min'er (from 15 July 2017)
• Deputy Secretaries: Zhang Guoqing (until December 2017), Tang Liangzhi (until December 2021), Ren Xuefeng (October 2018–October 2019, died), Wu Cunrong (from January 2021), Hu Henghua (from December 2021)
• Other Standing Committee members: Zhang Ming (from April 2022), Zeng Qinghong (until 15 September 2017), Chen Yong (until October 2018), Wang Xiangang (until January 2018), Liu Qiang, Chen Luping (until January 2018), Tao Changhai (until January 2018), Du Heping (until January 2018), Hu Wenrong (September 2017December 2020), Li Jing (from December 2017), Han Zhikai (December 2017–February 2021), Wang Fu (January 2018–December 2021), Mo Gongming (from January 2018), Duan Chenggang (from October 2018), Mu Hongyu (November 2018–December 2021), Peng Jinhui, Gao Buming (from February 2021), Li Mingqing (from July 2021), Song Yijia (from March 2022), Chen Mingbo (from March 2022), Jiang Hui (from April 2022), Cai Yunge (from May 2022), Zhang Hongxing (from May 2022)

6th Municipal Party Committee (May 2022–)

• Secretary: Chen Min'er (until 8 December 2022), Yuan Jiajun (from 8 December 2022)
• Deputy Secretaries: Hu Henghua, Li Mingqing
• Other Standing Committee members: Lu Kehua, Song Yijia, Jiang Hui, Cai Yunge, Zhang Hongxing (died on 1 April 2023), Chen Mingbo, Yu Huiwen, Lu Hong, Luo Lin, Wang Yanqi (from October 2023), Chen Xinwu (from July 2023)

Sources:^[7]

See also

• Politics of Chongqing

References

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