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Secretary-General of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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The secretary-general of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is a political office in the People's Republic of China. The secretary-general heads the General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China.[1]

ResidenceCPPCC National Committee Office Building
NominatorPresidium of the Plenary Session of the National Committee
(chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
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Secretary-General of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
中国人民政治协商会议
全国委员会秘书长
Incumbent
Wang Dongfeng
since 10 March 2023
General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
StatusProvincial and ministerial-level official
Member ofStanding Committee of the National Committee
Chairperson's Council
ResidenceCPPCC National Committee Office Building
NominatorPresidium of the Plenary Session of the National Committee
(chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer
  • Plenary Session of the National Committee
Term length
  • Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument
Charter of the CPPCC
Inaugural holderLi Weihan
DeputyDeputy Secretary-General
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The secretary-general is officially nominated within the CPPCC National Committee and approved by a plenary session of the National Committee.[1] The secretary-general is a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee, which handles the regular affairs of the body,[1] and is a member of the Chairperson's Council, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the Standing Committee.[1] The secretary-general is assisted by deputy secretaries-general, appointed or dismissed by the National Committee on the proposal of the secretary-general.[1] The secretary-general and deputy secretaries-general jointly constitute the Meeting of the Secretaries-General of the CPPCC National Committee, which is presided by the secretary-general.[2]

List of officeholders

More information No., Term(s) ...
No.
[note 1]
Term(s) Name

(birth–death)

Picture Took office Left Office Tenure Important offices held during tenure CPPCC Chairperson Ref.
1 1st Li Weihan

(1896–1984)

October 8, 1949 December 25, 1954 5 years, 78 days Head of the United Front Work Department
Secretary-General of the Government Administration Council
Head of the Ethnic Affairs Commission
Government Chief Plenipotentiary Representative of the Central People's Government to Tibet

Mao Zedong

[3]
2 2nd Xu Bing

(1903–1972)

December 25, 1954 April 29, 1959 4 years, 125 days Alternate member of the CCP Central Committee
Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

Zhou Enlai

[4]
3rd April 29, 1959 January 5, 1965 5 years, 251 days
3 4th Ping Jiesan

(1906–2001)

January 5, 1965 March 8, 1978 13 years, 62 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee [5][6]
4 5th Qi Yanming

(1907–1978)

March 8, 1978 October 21, 1978 227 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee

Deng Xiaoping

[7]
5 Liu Lantao

(1910–1997)

July 2, 1979 June 17, 1983 3 years, 350 days Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Commission
Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee
[8]
6 6th Peng Youjin

(1914–2005)

June 17, 1983 October 8, 1985 2 years, 124 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee

Deng Yingchao

[9]
7 Zhou Shaozheng

(1926–2007)

April 11, 1986 April 10, 1988 1 year, 365 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee [10]
7th April 10, 1988 March 14, 1990 1 year, 338 days

Li Xiannian

8 Song Demin

(1930–2021)

April 1991 March 27, 1993 1 year, 360 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee [11]
8th March 27, 1993 March 19, 1994 357 days

Li Ruihuan

9 Zhu Xun

(born 1930)

March 19, 1994 March 13, 1998 3 years, 359 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee [12]
10 9th Zheng Wantong

(born 1941)

March 13, 1998 March 13, 2003 5 years, 0 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee [13]
10th March 13, 2003 March 13, 2008 5 years, 0 days

Jia Qinglin

11 11th Qian Yunlu

(born 1944)

March 13, 2008 March 11, 2013 4 years, 357 days Member of the CCP Central Committee
Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee
[14]
12 12th Zhang Qingli

(born 1951)

March 11, 2013 March 14, 2018 5 years, 3 days Member of the CCP Central Committee
Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee
Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee

Yu Zhengsheng

[15]
13 13th Xia Baolong

(born 1952)

March 14, 2018 May 27, 2020 2 years, 74 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee
Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee
Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office

Wang Yang

[16]
14 Li Bin

(born 1954)

李斌 May 27, 2020 March 10, 2023 2 years, 287 days Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee
Vice Chairwoman of the CPPCC National Committee
Chairwoman of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation
[17]
15 14th Wang Dongfeng

(born 1958)

March 10, 2023 Incumbent 3 years, 205 days Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee

Wang Huning

[18]
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  1. These numbers are not official.

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