Meng Fanli

In this Chinese name, the family name is Meng.

Meng Fanli (Chinese: 孟凡利; pinyin: Mèng Fánlì; born September 1965) is a Chinese politician currently serving as Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary and governor of Guangdong Province, as well as the Party Secretary of Shenzhen. He is also a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Meng Fanli
孟凡利
Governor of Guangdong
Incumbent
Assumed office October 11, 2025
Party Secretary	Huang Kunming
Preceded by	Wang Weizhong
Party Secretary of Shenzhen
Incumbent
Assumed office April 19, 2022
Deputy	Qin Weizhong (Mayor)
Preceded by	Wang Weizhong
Party Secretary of Baotou
In office September 29, 2020 – April 19, 2022
Deputy	Zhao Jiangtao → Zhang Rui (Mayor)
Preceded by	Zhang Yuanzhong
Succeeded by	Ding Xiufeng
Mayor of Qingdao
In office March 27, 2017 – September 29, 2020
Party Secretary	Zhang Jiangting → Wang Qingxian
Preceded by	Zhang Xinqi
Succeeded by	Zhao Haozhi
Party Secretary of Yantai
In office May 13, 2015 – March 26, 2017
Deputy	Zhang Yongxia (Mayor)
Preceded by	Zhang Jiangting
Succeeded by	Wang Hao
Mayor of Yantai
In office August 19, 2013 – May 18, 2015
Party Secretary	Zhang Jiangting
Preceded by	Wang Liang
Succeeded by	Zhang Yongxia
Personal details
Born	September 1965 (age 60) Linyi County, Shandong, China
Party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Shandong University of Finance and Economics Nankai University Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
Website	Governor of Guangdong

Biography

Early career and Shandong Province

In July 2013, he became Deputy Secretary of the CCP Yantai Municipal Committee and Party Secretary of the Municipal Government. In August, he was appointed Acting Mayor of Yantai, concurrently serving as Deputy Party Secretary and Party Secretary of the Municipal Government (he was formally elected Mayor in January 2014).^[1]

In May 2015, he was appointed Secretary of the CCP Yantai Municipal Committee and President of the Party School of the CCP Yantai Committee.^[2][3]

In March 2017, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the CCP Qingdao Municipal Committee, Party Secretary of the Qingdao Municipal Government, Vice Mayor, and Acting Mayor.^[4] He was elected Mayor in April of the same year.^[5]

In February 2018, he was elected a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress.^[6]

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

In September 2020, he was transferred to serve as Member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee and Secretary of the CCP Baotou Municipal Committee.^[7]

In November 2021, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the CCP Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee.^{[citation needed]}

Guangdong Province

In April 2022, Meng was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of the CCP Guangdong and Party Secretary of Shenzhen.^[8]

In October of the same year, he was elected a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[9]

In September 2025, he started to serve as the Party Secretary of the Government of Guangdong.^[10]

In October 2025, he was appointed Vice and Acting Governor of Guangdong Province.^[11] He formally took the governor position in the same month.^[12]