The politics of

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

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 single 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 Liaoning () is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of

. However, in the province's single party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Liaoning

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 "Liaoning CCP Party Chief". Previous to 1949 and the takeover of the Communist forces, Liaoning was governed by the

Fengtian Clique The Fengtian clique () was one of several opposing military factions that constituted the early Republic of China during its Warlord Era. It was named after Fengtian Province (now Liaoning), and operated from a territorial base comprising the thr ...

of warlords and interchangeably officials of the

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

bureaucracy. During the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

Liaoning was known as the province of Fengtian, and was governed by a ''zongdu'' or

Viceroy A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...

(The Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces 东三省总督), along with the provinces of

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

and

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

. The province itself also had a governor (''xunfu'').

List of Communist Party chiefs

List of governors

List of chairmen of Liaoning People's Congress

# Huang Oudong (): 1980–1983 # Zhang Zhengde (): 1983–1988 # Wang Guangzhong (): 1988–1993 #

Quan Shuren Quan Shuren (; 26 August 1930 – 1 December 2008) was a Chinese politician who served as governor of Liaoning from 1983 to 1986, party secretary of Liaoning from 1986 to 1993, and chairman of Liaoning People's Congress from 1993 to 1998. He wa ...

():1993–1998 # Wang Huaiyuan (): 1998–2003 #

Wen Shizhen Wen Shizhen may refer to: * Wen Shizhen (born 1877) Wen Shizhen (; 1877–1951), also known as S. T. Wen, was a politician and diplomat in the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. He was Mayor of Tianjin during the Provisional Gov ...

(): 2003–2005 #

Li Keqiang Li Keqiang (born 1 July 1955) is a Chinese politician who is the outgoing premier of China. An economist by profession, Li is head of China's executive branch as well as one of the leading figures behind China's Financial and Economic Affai ...

(): 2005–2007 # Zhang Xilin (): 2007–2010 # Wang Min (): 2010–2015 # Li Xi (): 2015– 2018 #

Chen Qiufa Chen Qiufa (; born December 1954) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and politician of Miao ethnic heritage. He is the Communist Party Secretary and the former Governor of Liaoning province. He formerly served as Director of the China Atomic Energ ...

(): 2018 - 2021 #

Zhang Guoqing Zhang Guoqing (; born August 1964) is a Chinese politician and former corporate executive and CPC Secretary of Liaoning and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Previously, he served as the mayor of Tianjin, one of the four ...

(): 2021–present

List of chairmen of Liaoning CPPCC

# Huang Oudong (): 1955–1959 #

Huang Huoqing Huang Huoqing (; 1901 – November 9, 1999) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. Biography Huang Huoqing was born in Zaoyang County, Hubei in 1901. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1926. After the foundation of the Peo ...

: 1959–1967 # Huang Oudong (): 1977–1980 #

Li Huang Li Huang (1895 – 15 November 1991) was a Chinese politician and educator. While studying in France from 1919–1924, he was one of the founders of the Young China Party. After returning to China, he taught French literature in several universit ...

(): 1980–1982 #Song Li (): 1982–1985 # Xu Shaofu (): 1985–1993 # Sun Qi (): 1993–2001 #

Xiao Zuofu Xiao may refer to: * Filial piety (), or "being good to parents", a virtue in Chinese culture * Xiao (flute) (), a Chinese end-blown flute * Xiao (rank) (), a rank used for field officers in the Chinese military * Xiao County (), in Anhui, China ...

(): 2001–2003 #

Zhang Wenyue Zhang Wenyue (; born October 1944) was the Chinese Communist Party Liaoning provincial committee Secretary, succeeding Li Keqiang from October 2007. In 2009 he retired and was succeeded by Wang Min. Biography A native of Pucheng, Fujian provi ...

(): 2003–2004 # Guo Tingbiao (): 2004–2008 # Luo Lin (): 2008 # Yue Fuhong (): 2009–2013 # Xia Deren: 2013– 2021 #

Zhou Bo Zhou Bo (died 169 BC), posthumously known as Marquis Wu of Jiang, was a Chinese military general and politician who served as a chancellor of the early Western Han dynasty. Life Zhou Bo's ancestral home was in Juan County (; present-day Yuanyan ...

: 2021–present

List of Communist Party chiefs

List of governors

List of chairmen of Liaoning People's Congress

List of chairmen of Liaoning CPPCC

See also