13th Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party

The 13th Secretariat, formally the Secretariat of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was nominated by the 13th Politburo Standing Committee and approved by the 1st Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee on 2 November 1987, in the aftermath of the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This electoral term was preceded by the 12th Secretariat and succeeded by the 14th in 1992.

Portrait	Name	Hanzi	Took office	Left office	Birth	PM	Death	Ref.
	Zhao Ziyang	èµµç´«é³	2 November 1987	24 June 1989	1919	1938	2005	^[2]
	Jiang Zemin	æ±æ³½æ°	24 June 1989	19 October 1992	1926	1946	2022	^[3]

Rank	Name	Hanzi	12th SEC	4th PLE	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	No. of offices	Ref.
1	Hu Qili	è¡å¯ç«	Old	Not	1929	1948	Alive	Shaanxi	One Party office First-ranked Secretary, Secretariat of the Central Committee	^[4]
2	Qiao Shi	ä¹ç³	Old	Renewed	1924	1940	2015	Shanghai	Two Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee	^[5]
3	Rui Xingwen	è®ææ	New	Not	1927	1945	2005	Jiangsu	Two Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Committee State office Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government	^[6]
4	Yan Mingfu	éæå¤	New	Not	1931	1965	2023	Tianjin	One Party office Head, General Office of the Central Committee	^[7]

Rank	Name	Hanzi	1st PLE	14th SEC	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	No. of offices	Ref.
1	Qiao Shi	ä¹ç³	Old	Not	1924	1940	2015	Shanghai	Two Party offices Secretary, Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee	^[5]
2	Li Ruihuan	æçç¯	New	Not	1934	1959	Alive	Tianjin	One Party office Leader, Central Leading Group for Propaganda, Ideology and Culture of the Central Committee	^[8]
3	Ding Guangen	ä¸å³æ ¹	New	Reelected	1929	1956	2012	Jiangsu	Two Party office Head, United Front Work Department of the Central Committee State office Chairman, Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council	^[9]
4	Yang Baibing^[a]	æ¨ç½å°	New	Not	1920	1938	2013	Chongqing	Two Military offices Secretary-General, Central Military Commission Head, General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army	^[11]

General Secretary of the Central Committee