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The office of Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council (Chinese: 国务院副秘书长) functions as the deputy to the Secretary-General. Currently, five people serve as deputy secretary-general. The Deputy Secretary-General can hold concurrent positions. In general the Deputy Secretary-General has equivalent administrative rank as a vice minister of the state, though occasionally some Deputy Secretaries General will hold the rank of a minister.
Historically, the Deputy Secretary-General has been a powerful position. Its title holders are often involved in the day-to-day management of government and has direct access to the state council's most important officeholders, including the Premier and Vice-Premiers. Many Deputy Secretaries-General are later promoted to higher positions such as leading a ministry or a province. Ma Kai and Wang Yang eventually ascended to become Vice-Premier.
List of officeholders
Name (birth–death) |
Chinese characters |
Took office | Left office | Tenure | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qi Yanming (1907–1978) |
齐燕铭 | 1 November 1954 | 1 March 1965 | 10 years, 120 days | |
Tao Xijin (1908–1992) |
陶希晋 | 1 November 1954 | August 1959 | 4 years, 273 days | |
Chang Lifu (1912–2006) |
常黎夫 | 1 November 1954 | February 1959 | 4 years, 92 days | |
Zhang Ce (1911–1999) |
张策 | 1 November 1954 | April 1958 | 3 years, 151 days | |
Gong Zirong (1914–1995) |
龚子荣 | 1 November 1954 | March 1965 | 10 years, 120 days | |
Zeng Yifan (1907–1967) |
曾一凡 | 1 November 1954 | March 1965 | 10 years, 120 days | |
Yang Fangzhi (1908–2003) |
杨放之 | 1 November 1954 | May 1966 | 11 years, 181 days | |
Zhao Shougong (1912–1979) |
赵守攻 | August 1958 | February 1965 | 6 years, 184 days | |
Yang Dongchun (1900–1979) |
杨东莼 | August 1959 | May 1966 | 6 years, 273 days | |
Tong Xiaopeng (1914–2007) |
童小鹏 | August 1959 | May 1966 | 6 years, 273 days | |
Feng Xuan (1915–1986) |
冯铉 | August 1959 | March 1965 | 5 years, 212 days | |
Gao Dengbang (1914–1993) |
高登榜 | August 1959 | May 1966 | 6 years, 273 days | |
Lu Yuwen (1900–1968) |
卢郁文 | August 1959 | May 1966 | 6 years, 273 days | |
Zhou Rongxin (1917–1976) |
周荣鑫 | October 1963 | January 1965 | 1 year, 92 days | |
Zhao Pengfei (1920–2005) |
赵鹏飞 | October 1963 | May 1966 | 2 years, 212 days | |
Luo Qingchang (1918–2014) |
罗青长 | March 1965 | May 1966 | 1 year, 61 days | |
Xu Ming (1919–1966) |
许明 | March 1965 | May 1966 | 1 year, 61 days | |
Zheng Siyuan (1914–2017) |
郑思远 | March 1965 | May 1966 | 1 year, 61 days | Purged during Cultural Revolution |
Wu Qingtong (1924–2016) |
吴庆彤 | March 1979 | November 1985 | 6 years, 245 days | |
Zheng Siyuan (1914–2017) |
郑思远 | March 1979 | November 1985 | 6 years, 245 days | (Second term) |
Feng Jiping (1911–1983) |
冯基平 | July 1979 | April 1981 | 2 years, 31 days | |
Li Liyin (1918–2010) |
李力殷 | July 1979 | August 1983 | 4 years, 153 days | |
Du Xingyuan (1914–2011) |
杜星垣 | April 1980 | March 1981 | 334 days | |
Song Yiping (1917–2005) |
宋一平 | May 1980 | August 1983 | 3 years, 92 days | |
Chen Chu (1917–1999) |
陈楚 | September 1980 | 1984 | 3 years, 122 days | |
Mao Lianjue (1922–1985) |
毛联珏 | May 1980 | February 1982 | 1 year, 276 days | |
Yuan Jinxiu (1922–1985) |
袁晋修 | September 1980 | 27 March 1983 | 2 years, 207 days | |
Wang Fulin (c. 1924–2003) |
王伏林 | September 1980 | August 1983 | 2 years, 334 days | |
Tian Jiyun (born 1929) |
田纪云 | March 1981 | 20 June 1983 | 2 years, 111 days | Later became Vice-Premier |
Liu Zhihan (1914–2014) |
刘志汉 | May 1981 | August 1983 | 2 years, 92 days | |
Gu Ming (1919–2008) |
顾明 | August 1981 | August 1983 | 1 year, 212 days | |
Ma Hong (1920–2007) |
马洪 | April 1982 | August 1983 | 1 year, 122 days | |
Zhou Shaozheng (1926–2007) |
周绍铮 | May 1982 | August 1983 | 1 year, 92 days | |
Li Hao (born 1926) |
李灏 | August 1983 | August 1985 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Ai Zhisheng (1928–1997) |
艾知生 | August 1983 | April 1985 | 1 year, 243 days | |
Zhang Wenshou (1926–2009) |
张文寿 | December 1984 | 3 May 1988 | 3 years, 154 days | |
Zhang Jingyuan (born ?) |
张镜源 | December 1984 | February 1986 | 1 year, 62 days | |
Liu Suinian (1929–2002) |
柳随年 | August 1985 | March 1986 | 212 days | |
Yan Ying (born 1957) |
阎颖 | August 1985 | July 1990 | 4 years, 334 days | |
Wang Shuming (1933–2013) |
王书明 | November 1985 | June 1993 | 7 years, 212 days | |
Bai Meiqing (born 1931) |
白美清 | December 1985 | July 1990 | 4 years, 212 days | |
Li Chang'an (born 1935) |
李昌安 | 12 June 1987 | July 1993 | 6 years, 19 days | |
Chang Jie (born 1929) |
常捷 | July 1987 | November 1990 | 3 years, 123 days | |
He Chunlin (born 1933) |
何椿霖 | 3 May 1988 | March 1998 | 9 years, 302 days | |
Liu Zhongde (1933–2012) |
刘忠德 | 3 May 1988 | July 1990 | 2 years, 59 days | Later became Minister of Culture |
Li Shizhong (born ?) |
李世忠 | 3 May 1988 | February 1995 | 6 years, 274 days | |
Xi Dehua (1933–2013) |
席德华 | 3 May 1988 | May 1995 | 6 years, 363 days | |
An Chengxin (1939–2012) |
安成信 | 3 May 1988 | May 1993 | 4 years, 363 days | |
Liu Zhongli (born 1934) |
刘仲藜 | July 1990 | 4 September 1992 | 2 years, 65 days | Later became Minister of Finance |
Xu Zhijian (born 1935) |
徐志坚 | July 1990 | 10 December 1996 | 6 years, 162 days | |
Liu Jimin (born 1938) |
刘济民 | June 1993 | March 1998 | 4 years, 273 days | |
Li Shuwen (born 1940) |
李树文 | July 1993 | March 1998 | 4 years, 243 days | |
Zhang Kezhi (1941–2004) |
张克智 | July 1993 | March 1998 | 4 years, 243 days | |
Liu Qibao (born 1953) |
刘奇葆 | July 1994 | March 1998 | 3 years, 243 days | Later became Head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party |
Zhang Zuoji (born 1945) |
张左己 | November 1994 | 18 March 1998 | 3 years, 137 days | Later became Governor of Heilongjiang province |
Jin Renqing (born 1944) |
金人庆 | May 1995 | November 1995 | 184 days | Later became Minister of Finance |
Yang Jingyu (born 1936) |
杨景宇 | May 1995 | March 1998 | 2 years, 304 days | |
Zhou Zhengqing (born 1935) |
周正庆 | June 1995 | March 1998 | 2 years, 273 days | |
Shi Xiushi (born 1942) |
石秀诗 | September 1996 | 11 January 2011 | 4 years, 132 days | |
Cui Zhanfu (born 1942) |
崔占福 | September 1996 | 11 January 2011 | 6 years, 137 days | |
Ma Kai (born 1946) |
马凯 | March 1998 | 2003 | 4 years, 306 days | Later became Vice-Premier |
Xu Rongkai (born 1942) |
徐荣凯 | March 1998 | 20 June 2001 | 3 years, 92 days | |
Xu Shaoshi (born 1951) |
徐绍史 | 9 January 2001 | 23 April 2007 | 6 years, 104 days | Later became Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission |
You Quan (born 1954) |
尤权 | 9 January 2001 | 30 December 2006 | 5 years, 355 days | Later became party chief of Fujian province |
Gao Qiang (born 1944) |
高强 | July 2001 | May 2003 | 1 year, 304 days | Later became Minister of Health |
Jiao Huancheng (born 1949) |
焦焕成 | 3 July 2002 | 20 October 2015 | 13 years, 109 days | Director of the General Administration for State Organs |
Wang Yang (born 1955) |
汪洋 | 1 March 2003 | 5 January 2006 | 2 years, 310 days | Later became Vice-Premier |
Chen Jinyu (born 1946) |
陈进玉 | 1 May 2003 | 30 December 2006 | 3 years, 243 days | |
Li Shishi (born 1953) |
李适时 | 31 December 2003 | 28 February 2008 | 4 years, 59 days | |
Zhang Yong (born 1953) |
张勇 | 31 December 2003 | March 2013 | 9 years, 60 days | |
Zhang Ping (born 1946) |
张平 | 5 January 2006 | 18 March 2008 | 2 years, 73 days | Later became Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission |
Xiang Zhaolun (born 1959) |
项兆伦 | 30 December 2006 | April 2013 | 6 years, 92 days | Chief of the Office of the Premier |
Lou Jiwei (born 1950) |
楼继伟 | March 2007 | October 2007 | 214 days | Later became Minister of Finance |
Wang Yongqing (born 1959) |
汪永清 | 14 March 2008 | Incumbent | 13 years, 46 days | |
You Quan (born 1954) |
尤权 | 18 March 2008 | 15 June 2011 | 3 years, 89 days | (second term) |
Wang Yong (born 1955) |
王勇 | 18 March 2008 | 21 September 2008 | 187 days | Later became Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission |
Qiu Xiaoxiong (born 1955) |
丘小雄 | 18 March 2008 | 15 June 2011 | 3 years, 89 days | |
Bi Jingquan (born 1955) |
毕井泉 | 18 March 2008 | 27 January 2015 | 6 years, 315 days | |
Wang Xuejun (born 1952) |
王学军 | 27 July 2008 | March 2013 | 4 years, 217 days | Later became governor, then party chief of Anhui province |
Xiao Yaqing (born 1959) |
肖亚庆 | 16 February 2009 | February 2016 | 6 years, 350 days | Chief of Staff to Vice-Premier Ma Kai |
Ding Xuedong (born 1960) |
丁学东 | June 2010 | 23 July 2013 | 3 years, 52 days | Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu Later became Chairman and CEO of the China Investment Corporation |
Jiang Xiaojuan (born 1957) |
江小涓 | 15 June 2011 | June 2018 | 9 years, 105 days | Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Liu Yandong |
Xiao Jie (born 1957) |
肖捷 | 15 March 2013 | 7 November 2016 | 3 years, 237 days | Chief of staff to Premier Li Keqiang Later became Minister of Finance |
Ding Xiangyang (born 1959) |
丁向阳 | 15 March 2013 | Incumbent | 8 years, 45 days | Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli, then to Vice-Premier Han Zheng |
Shu Xiaoqin (born 1959) |
舒晓琴 | 15 March 2013 | Incumbent | 8 years, 45 days | Director of the Bureau of Letters and Calls |
Jiang Zelin (born 1959) |
江泽林 | 24 April 2015 | February 2018 | 2 years, 283 days | Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Wang Yang |
Meng Yang (born ?) |
孟杨 | 14 May 2015 | Incumbent | 5 years, 351 days | Director of the First Secretarial Department |
Peng Shujie (born 1963) |
彭树杰 | 8 December 2015 | Incumbent | 5 years, 142 days | |
Ding Xuedong (born 1960) |
丁学东 | 31 March 2017 | Incumbent | 4 years, 29 days | (Second term) Chief of staff to Premier Li Keqiang |
Li Baorong (born 1958) |
李宝荣 | April 2017 | Incumbent | 4 years, 28 days | |
Lu Junhua (born 1962) |
陆俊华 | 22 June 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 311 days |