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
General SecretaryChen Jining
Executive organStanding Committee
Administrative organSecretariat
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
Abbreviation
Chinese中共上海市委

The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a political body that comprises the top leaders of Shanghai.[1] The 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 Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party,[2] who replaced Li Qiang on 28 October 2022.[3]

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

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

Functional Departments

Offices

Organizations Directly under the Committee

Standing Committee

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

List of secretaries

Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
Incumbent
Chen Jining
since October 28, 2022
StatusLocal head of party
NominatorMunicipal Committee
AppointerMunicipal Committee
Formation1949
DeputyDeputy Secretary

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

Order Secretary Term Ref.
1 Rao Shushi 1949—1950
2 Chen Yi 1950—1954
3 Ke Qingshi 1954—1965
4 Chen Pixian 1965—1967
5 Zhang Chunqiao 1971—1976
6 Su Zhenhua 1976—1979
7 Peng Chong 1979—1980
8 Chen Guodong 1980—1985
9 Rui Xingwen 1985—1987
10 Jiang Zemin 1987—1989
11 Zhu Rongji 1989—1991
12 Wu Bangguo 1991—1994
13 Huang Ju September 1994— 15 November 2002
14 Chen Liangyu 15 November 2002 — 24 September 2006 [11]
— Han Zheng 24 September 2006 — 24 March 2007 [12]
15 Xi Jinping 24 March 2007 — 27 October 2007 [13]
16 Yu Zhengsheng 27 October 2007 — 20 November 2012 [14]
17 Han Zheng 20 November 2012 — 29 October 2017 [12]
18 Li Qiang 29 October 2017 — 28 October 2022 [15]
19 Chen Jining 28 October 2022 — Incumbent [3]

References

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