Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

Senior official position in the government of China
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Reports toPremier of the State CouncilResidencePremier's Office, ZhongnanhaiSeatBeijingNominatorPremier of the State CouncilAppointerPresident
pursuant to a National People's Congress decisionTerm lengthFive years, renewable once consecutivelyPrecursorVice Premier of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's GovernmentInaugural holderChen YunFormationSeptember 1954; 69 years ago (1954-09)WebsiteState Council
Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
Simplified Chinese中华人民共和国国务院副总理
Traditional Chinese中華人民共和國國務院副總理
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Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guówùyuàn Fùzǒnglǐ
Wade–GilesChung1-hua2 Jên2-min2 Kung4-ho2-kuo2 Kuo2-wu4-yüan4 Fu4-tsung3-li3
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Simplified Chinese国务院副总理
Traditional Chinese國務院副總理
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Wade–GilesKuo2-wu4-yüan4 Fu4-tsung3-li3
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The vice premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China are high-ranking officials under the premier and above the state councillors and ministers.[1] Generally, the title is held by multiple individuals at any given time, with each vice-premier holding a broad portfolio of responsibilities. The first vice-premier takes over duties of the premier at the time of the latter's incapacity. The incumbent vice premiers, in order of rank, are Ding Xuexiang, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing and Liu Guozhong.

The highest-ranked office holder is informally called the Senior Vice Premier or First Vice Premier (Chinese: 第一副总理) or Executive Vice Premier (Chinese: 常务副总理), a most prominent case being Deng Xiaoping in the mid-to-late 1970s.[2][3] In irregular instances, the position of a senior vice premier has been named either to indicate degree of power, nominal power, or when the premier is incapacitated and requires a full-time deputy to carry out his regular duties.

Selection

Officially, the vice premiers are appointed by the National People's Congress (NPC) upon the nomination of the premier.[4] The NPC also has the power to remove the vice premiers and other state officers from office. Elections and removals are decided by majority vote.[4] In practice, the vice premiers are chosen within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership, including the Politburo Standing Committee.[5]

The length of the vice premier's term of office is the same as the NPC, which is 5 years, and the vice premiers are restricted to two consecutive terms.[4] Immediately after the election, the president signs the presidential order formalizing the appointment of the vice premiers. Since 2018, the vice premiers are required to collectively recite the constitutional oath of office before assuming office.[5]

Powers and authority

Vice premiers are the deputies to the premier, with each vice premier overseeing a certain area of administration.[6] Vice premiers are members of the executive meetings of the State Council, along with the premier, secretary-general and state councillors.[4] Additionally, all vice premiers have been members of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in recent decades, with the executive vice premier being a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.[7]

Current vice premiers

Vice Premiers of the People's Republic of China
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Ding Xuexiang
Ding Xuexiang
Rank 1st Member of the Politburo Standing Committee (6th Ranked)

Development and reform, education, science and technology, finance, ecology and environment, statistics, and intellectual property

Name Ding Xuexiang
Constituency Liaoning At-large
Birthplace Nantong, Jiangsu
Took office 12 March 2023
He Lifeng
He Lifeng
Rank 2nd Member of the Politburo

Public finance, natural resource management, housing and urban development, transportation, commerce

Name He Lifeng
Constituency Inner Mongolia At-large
Birthplace Xingning, Guangdong
Took office 12 March 2023
Zhang Guoqing
Zhang Guoqing
Rank 3rd Member of the Politburo

Industry and information technology, emergency management, and state-owned enterprises

Name Zhang Guoqing
Constituency Tibet At-large
Birthplace Luoshan County, Henan
Took office 12 March 2023
Liu Guozhong
Liu Guozhong
Rank 4th Member of the Politburo

Agriculture and rural affairs, health, poverty alleviation, and meteorology

Name Liu Guozhong
Constituency Henan At-large
Birthplace Wangkui County, Heilongjiang
Took office 12 March 2023

References

  1. ^ "Organic Law of the State Council of the People's Republic of China". National People's Congress. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Senior Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-Ping (Deng Xiaoping) speaking during dinner hosted by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee in honour of the visiting People's Republic of China Senior Vice-Premier and delegation at Istana". National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  3. ^ Xia, Yafeng; Shen, Zhihua (2014). "China's Last Ally: Beijing's Policy toward North Korea during the U.S.–China Rapprochement, 1970–1975". Diplomatic History. 38 (5). Oxford University Press: 1083–1113. ISSN 0145-2096. JSTOR 26376623. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. ^ a b c d "Constitution of the People's Republic of China". National People's Congress. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  5. ^ a b Liao, Zewei (2023-03-04). "NPC 2023: How China Selects Its State Leaders for the Next Five Years". NPC Observer. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  6. ^ He, Laura (4 March 2023). "Meet the 4 men tapped to run China's economy". CNN. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  7. ^ Miller, Alice. "The 19th Central Committee Politburo" (PDF). Hoover Institution. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

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Vice Premiers of the People's Republic of China (list)
Provisional Cabinet
1st Cabinet
2nd Cabinet
3rd Cabinet
  1. Lin Biao (died 1971)
  2. Chen Yun (dismissed 1969)
  3. Deng Xiaoping (dismissed 1968, reinstated 1973)
  4. He Long (died 1969)
  5. Chen Yi (died 1972)
  6. Ke Qingshi (died 1965)
  7. Ulanhu (dismissed 1968)
  8. Li Fuchun (died 1975)
  9. Li Xiannian
  10. Tan Zhenlin
  11. Nie Rongzhen
  12. Bo Yibo (dismissed 1967)
  13. Lu Dingyi (dismissed 1966)
  14. Luo Ruiqing (dismissed 1966)
  15. Tao Zhu (died 1969)
  16. Xie Fuzhi (died 1972)
4th Cabinet
  1. Deng Xiaoping (dismissed 1976, reinstated 1977)
  2. Zhang Chunqiao (dismissed 1977)
  3. Li Xiannian
  4. Chen Xilian
  5. Ji Dengkui
  6. Hua Guofeng
  7. Chen Yonggui
  8. Wu Guixian(resigned 1977)
  9. Wang Zhen
  10. Yu Qiuli
  11. Gu Mu
  12. Sun Jian
5th Cabinet (1978)
5th Cabinet (1980)
5th Cabinet (1982)
6th Cabinet
7th Cabinet
8th Cabinet
9th Cabinet
10th Cabinet
  1. Huang Ju (died 2007)
  2. Wu Yi ♀
  3. Zeng Peiyan
  4. Hui Liangyu
11th Cabinet
12th Cabinet
13th Cabinet
14th Cabinet
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First Vice Premiers of the People's Republic of China
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Incumbent (14th): Li Qiang Cabinet
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