The politics of Chongqing is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the

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(PRC). The

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Chongqing. As since 1997 Chongqing has been a centrally administered municipality, the mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Chongqing

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Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Chongqing CCP Party Chief". Since 1997, the

Chongqing Municipal Government Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Coun ...

has governed Chongqing. Chongqing was previously also governed by a Municipal Government between 1939 and 1954, but in 1929-1939 and 1954-1997, when Chongqing was a sub-provincial city rather than a centrally administered municipality, it was governed by the Chongqing City Government.

List of the CCP Chongqing committee secretaries

List of mayors of Chongqing

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List of chairmen of Chongqing People's Congress

# Wang Yunlong (): 1997–2002 #

Huang Zhendong Huang Zhendong (; born 1941) is a former Chinese politician who served as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Chongqing, and prior to that, the Minister of Transport. Huang was born in Dafeng, Jiangsu. He graduated from Nanjing Naviga ...

(): 2003–2005 #

Wang Yang Wang Yang may refer to: People *Wang Yang (politician) (born 1955), Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference *Wang Yang (Liaoning politician) (born 1957), former provincial official from Liaoni ...

(): 2006–2008 #

Chen Guangguo Chen may refer to: People *Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: * ...

(): 2008–2011 #

Chen Cungen Chen may refer to: People * Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: ...

(): 2011–2012 # Zhang Xuan (): 2012–present

List of chairmen of CPPCC Chongqing Committee

# Zhang Wenbin (): 1997–2003 # Liu Zhizhong (): 2003–2008 #

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(): 2008–2013 # Xu Jingye (): 2013–2017 # Xu Songnan (): 2017–2018 # Wang Jiong (): 2018–present

List of chairmen of Chongqing Supervisory Commission

Chen Yong Chen may refer to: People * Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: ...

(陈雍): January 2018–October 2018 # Mu Hongyu (穆红玉): January 2019–December 2021 # Song Yijia (宋依佳): March 2022–present

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