The politics of
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...
Province in the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in
mainland China
"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
.
The Governor of Guizhou is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Guizhou. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Guizhou
Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...
(CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Guizhou
CCP Party Chief".
List of provincial-level leaders
CCP Guizhou Committee Secretaries
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Su Zhenhua
Su Zhenhua (; June 2, 1912 – February 7, 1979), born Su Qisheng (蘇七生), was a Chinese Communist general and politician. He fought for the Communists in the Chinese civil war. After the founding of the People's Republic, Su became an ad ...
: 1949–1954
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Zhou Lin: 1954–1964
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Li Dazhang: 1964–1965
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Jia Qiyun: 1965–1967
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Li Zaihe
Li Zaihe () (1919–1975) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Fushun County, Sichuan Province. He was Communist Party of China Committee Secretary and governor of Guizhou Province.
1919 births
1975 deaths
People ...
: 1967–1969
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Lan Yinong: 1969–1973
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Lu Ruilin
Lu Ruilin () (1911–1999) was a People's Republic of China politician and People's Liberation Army major general. He was born in Linxia County, Gansu Province. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and governor of Guizhou
Gui ...
: 1973–1977
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Ma Li (马力): 1977-1979
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Chi Biqing
Chi Biqing () (1917–2007) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Pingding County, Shanxi Province. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and CPPCC Chairman of Guizhou. He was a member of the Central Advisory Co ...
: 1979–1985
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Zhu Houze
Zhu Houze (; January 1931 – 9 May 2010) was a Chinese politician most active in the 1980s, best known for his term as head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. As head of the department he presided over a period of li ...
: 1985
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Hu Jintao
Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, an ...
: 1985–1988
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Liu Zhengwei
Liu Zhengwei (; February 1930 – July 9, 2012) was a Chinese politician, best known for his term as Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou province.
Liu was born in Xinzheng County, Henan. He attended Kaifeng High School. He worked for Second ...
: 1988–1993
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Liu Fangren
Liu Fangren (; born January 1936) was a Chinese politician. He was born in Wugong County, Shaanxi. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary (1993–2001) and People's Congress Chairman (1998–2002) of Guizhou. He was CPPCC Committee ...
: 1993–2001
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Qian Yunlu
Qian Yunlu (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Communist Party chief of Heilongjiang province in Northeastern China and Guizhou province in Southwest China. He also served as Governor of Guizhou.
Qian Yunlu ...
: 2001–2005
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Shi Zongyuan
Shi Zongyuan (; July 1946; Baoding, Hebei – March 28, 2013; Beijing), ethnic Hui, was a politician of the People's Republic of China, and former secretary of CPC Guizhou committee and chairman of Guizhou people's congress.
Biography
Shi was ...
: 2005–2010
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Li Zhanshu
Li Zhanshu (; born August 30, 1950) is a Chinese politician, and the current outgoing chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Chinese Speaker. He was the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committe ...
: 2010–2012
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Zhao Kezhi
Zhao Kezhi (; born 28 December 1953) is a Chinese politician who currently serves as a State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China and the former Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, with the top p ...
: 2012–2015
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Chen Min'er: 2015–2017
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Sun Zhigang: 2017–2020
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Shen Yiqin
Shen Yiqin (; born 15 December 1959) is a Chinese politician of Bai ethnic heritage. She served as the Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou, a province in southwestern China, between November 2020 and December 2022.
Shen is the third female pr ...
: 2020–2022
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Xu Lin
Xu or XU may refer to:
People and characters
* Xu (surname), one of two Chinese surnames ( or /), transliterated as Xu in English
* ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people
* ǃXu ...
: 2022-present
Chairpersons of Guizhou People's Congress
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Xu Jiansheng Xu Jiansheng () (1912–1993) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Shibaxiang, Bijie, Guizhou Province. He served as vice-governor and CPPCC Committee Chairman of his home province. He was a delegate to the 1st National People ...
(徐健生): 1980–1983
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Wu Shi (吴实): 1983–1985
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Zhang Yuhuan
Zhang Yuhuan (born 27 September 1926) is a Chinese architectural historian who is a researcher at the Institute for History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is internationally known for his studies on ancient Chinese architec ...
(张玉环): 1985–1993
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Liu Zhengwei
Liu Zhengwei (; February 1930 – July 9, 2012) was a Chinese politician, best known for his term as Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou province.
Liu was born in Xinzheng County, Henan. He attended Kaifeng High School. He worked for Second ...
(刘正威): January 1993–July 1993
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Liu Yulin
Liu Yulin is a Chinese film director, a graduate with the Master of Fine Arts degree from the Graduate Film program of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In 2014, her short narrative film Door God, which is about a girl in China ...
(刘玉林): July 1993 – January 1994
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Wang Chaowen
Wang Chaowen (; born October 1930) is a Chinese politician of Miao ethnicity who served as governor of Guizhou from 1983 to 1993 and chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress from 1994 to 1998.
He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14 ...
(王朝文): 1994–1998
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Liu Fangren
Liu Fangren (; born January 1936) was a Chinese politician. He was born in Wugong County, Shaanxi. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary (1993–2001) and People's Congress Chairman (1998–2002) of Guizhou. He was CPPCC Committee ...
(刘方仁): January 1998 – November 2002
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Qian Yunlu
Qian Yunlu (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Communist Party chief of Heilongjiang province in Northeastern China and Guizhou province in Southwest China. He also served as Governor of Guizhou.
Qian Yunlu ...
(钱运录): January 2003 – December 2005
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Shi Zongyuan
Shi Zongyuan (; July 1946; Baoding, Hebei – March 28, 2013; Beijing), ethnic Hui, was a politician of the People's Republic of China, and former secretary of CPC Guizhou committee and chairman of Guizhou people's congress.
Biography
Shi was ...
(石宗源): January 2006 – 2010
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Li Zhanshu
Li Zhanshu (; born August 30, 1950) is a Chinese politician, and the current outgoing chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Chinese Speaker. He was the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committe ...
: 2010–2012
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Zhao Kezhi
Zhao Kezhi (; born 28 December 1953) is a Chinese politician who currently serves as a State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China and the former Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, with the top p ...
: 2012–2015
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Chen Min'er: 2015–2017
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Sun Zhigang: 2017–2021
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Shen Yiqin
Shen Yiqin (; born 15 December 1959) is a Chinese politician of Bai ethnic heritage. She served as the Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou, a province in southwestern China, between November 2020 and December 2022.
Shen is the third female pr ...
: 2021–2022
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Xu Lin
Xu or XU may refer to:
People and characters
* Xu (surname), one of two Chinese surnames ( or /), transliterated as Xu in English
* ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people
* ǃXu ...
: 2022-present
Governors
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Yang Yong (杨勇): 1949–1954
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Zhou Lin (周林): 1955–1965
#Li Li (李立): 1965–1967
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Li Zaihe
Li Zaihe () (1919–1975) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Fushun County, Sichuan Province. He was Communist Party of China Committee Secretary and governor of Guizhou Province.
1919 births
1975 deaths
People ...
(李再合): 1967–1971
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Lan Yinong (蓝亦农): 1971–1973
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Lu Ruilin
Lu Ruilin () (1911–1999) was a People's Republic of China politician and People's Liberation Army major general. He was born in Linxia County, Gansu Province. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and governor of Guizhou
Gui ...
(鲁瑞林): 1973–1977
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Ma Li (马力): 1977–1979
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Su Gang
Su Gang () (1920–2002) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Laoling County, Shandong Province (modern Laoling). He was governor of Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest reg ...
(苏钢): 1980–1983
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Wang Zhaowen
Wang Chaowen (; born October 1930) is a Chinese politician of Miao ethnicity who served as governor of Guizhou from 1983 to 1993 and chairman of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress from 1994 to 1998.
He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th ...
(王朝文): 1983–1993
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Chen Shineng (陈士能): 1993–1996
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Wu Yixia
Wu Yixia (; 1943 – 14 September 1998) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Guizhou from 1996 to 1998. He was a representative of the 13th and 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 15th Ce ...
(吴亦侠): 1996–1998
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Qian Yunlu
Qian Yunlu (; born October 1944) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as the Communist Party chief of Heilongjiang province in Northeastern China and Guizhou province in Southwest China. He also served as Governor of Guizhou.
Qian Yunlu ...
(钱运录): 1998–2001
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Shi Xiushi
Shi Xiushi (; born July 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Guizhou from 2001 to 2006.
He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th and 11th National People's Congress. He was a member of the 16th Central Committee ...
(石秀诗): 2001–2006
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Lin Shusen
Lin Shusen (born December 1946) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was Governor and Deputy Communist Party Chief of Guizhou Province from 2006 to 2010. Prior to that he was Communist Party Chief and Mayor of Guangzhou, capi ...
(林树森): 2006–2010
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Zhao Kezhi
Zhao Kezhi (; born 28 December 1953) is a Chinese politician who currently serves as a State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China and the former Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, with the top p ...
: 2010–2012
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Chen Min'er: 2012–2015
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Sun Zhigang: 2015–2017
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Shen Yiqin
Shen Yiqin (; born 15 December 1959) is a Chinese politician of Bai ethnic heritage. She served as the Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou, a province in southwestern China, between November 2020 and December 2022.
Shen is the third female pr ...
: 2017–2020
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Li Bingjun
Li Bingjun (, born February 1963) is a Chinese politician, serving since November 2020 as the Governor of the Guizhou Province.
Biography
Li was born in Linqu County, Shandong. He joined the Communist Party in March 1984. In the same year, he ...
: 2020–present
Chairpersons of CPPCC Guizhou Committee
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Shen Yunpu (申云浦): 1955–1956
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Xu Jiansheng Xu Jiansheng () (1912–1993) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Shibaxiang, Bijie, Guizhou Province. He served as vice-governor and CPPCC Committee Chairman of his home province. He was a delegate to the 1st National People ...
(徐健生): 1956–1959
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Miao Chunting
Miao Chunting (May 1919 – 17 September 2020) was a PRC
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead o ...
(苗春亭): 1959–1967
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Li Baohua (李葆华): 1977–1979
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Chi Biqing
Chi Biqing () (1917–2007) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Pingding County, Shanxi Province. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and CPPCC Chairman of Guizhou. He was a member of the Central Advisory Co ...
(池必卿): 1979–1980
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Miao Chunting
Miao Chunting (May 1919 – 17 September 2020) was a PRC
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead o ...
(苗春亭): 1980–1993
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Long Zhiyi
Long Zhiyi (; 1929 – 31 December 2021) was a Chinese novelist and politician of Yi people, Yi ethnicity who served as chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference between 1993 and 1998 ...
(龙志毅): 1993–1998
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Wang Siqi (王思齐): 1998–2006
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Sun Gan (孙淦): 2006–2007
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Huang Yao (黄瑶): 2007–2010
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Wang Zhengfu
Wang may refer to:
Names
* Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname
* Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname
* Titles in Chinese nobility
* A title in Korean nobility
* A title in Mongolian nobility
Places
* Wang River in Thailand ...
(王正福): 2010–2013
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Wang Fuyu
Wang Fuyu (; born August 1952) is a retired Chinese politician of Hui ethnicity. At the height of his political career, he was chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the province's ...
(王富玉): 2013–2018
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Liu Xiaokai
Liu Xiaokai (; born March 1962) is an ethnic Miao politician from China. He was born in Taijiang County, Guizhou province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1985. He graduated from the mechanical engineering department at Tsinghua Uni ...
(刘晓凯): 2018–present
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Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...