Minister of Commerce (China)

Minister of Commerce of
the People's Republic of China
Minister of Commerce of ; the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国商务部部长
	National Emblem of China
	Flag of China
	Incumbent; Wang Wentao; since 26 December 2020
	Ministry of Commerce
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Plenary Meeting of the State Council
Seat	Ministry of Commerce Building, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Nominator	Premier; (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	President; with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee;
Formation	17 March 2003; 23 years ago
First holder	Lü Fuyuan
Deputy	Vice Minister of Commerce

The minister of commerce of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is twentieth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.^[1]

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The current minister is Wang Wentao, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.

Name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Trade
Ye Jizhuang	October 1949	August 1952	^[2]
Minister of Foreign Trade
Ye Jizhuang	August 1952	June 1967	^[2]
Lin Haiyun	June 1967	July 1970	^[2]
Bai Xiangguo	July 1970	October 1973	^[2]
Li Qiang	October 1973	September 1981	^[2]
Zheng Tuobin	September 1981	March 1982
Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade
Chen Muhua	March 1982	March 1985
Zheng Tuobin	March 1985	December 1990
Li Lanqing	December 1990	March 1993
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation
Wu Yi	March 1993	March 1998
Shi Guangsheng	March 1998	March 2003
Minister of Commerce
Lü Fuyuan	17 March 2003	29 February 2004
Bo Xilai	29 February 2004	29 December 2007	^[3]
Chen Deming	29 December 2007	16 March 2013
Gao Hucheng	16 March 2013	24 February 2017	^[4]
Zhong Shan	24 February 2017	26 December 2020
Wang Wentao	26 December 2020	Incumbent

List of ministers