CCP Xinjiang Autonomous Region

The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the regional committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the region, and also ''ex officio'' leads the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). The current secretary is Ma Xingrui, a member of the CCP Politburo, who succeeded Chen Quanguo on 25 December 2021.

History

In November 1949, during the incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China at the end of the Chinese Civil War, the CCP Central Committee approved the establishment of the Xinjiang Branch of the CCP Central Committee. After the Xinjiang Province was transformed to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 1955, the Party Central Committee Xinjiang Branch was abolished and replaced with the Xinjiang Uygur Regional Committee of the CCP.

Organization

The organization of the CCP XUAR Committee includes:

* General Office

Functional Departments

* Organization Department
* Propaganda Department
* United Front Work Department
* Political and Legal Affairs Commission

Offices

* Policy Research Office
* Office of the National Security Commission
* Office of the Cyberspace Affairs Commission
* Office of the Institutional Organization Commission
* Office of the Military-civilian Fusion Development Committee
* Taiwan Work Office
* Office of the Leading Group for Inspection Work
* Bureau of Veteran Cadres

Dispatched institutions

* Working Committee of the Organs Directly Affiliated to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee
* Ürümqi Municipality and Changji Prefecture Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Organizations directly under the Committee

* Xinjiang Party School
* '' Xinjiang Daily''
* Xinjiang Institute of Socialism
* Party History Research Office
* Xinjiang Regional Archives

Leadership

The Regional Committee Secretary is the highest-ranking official in Xinjiang. The Regional Committee Secretary is ''ex officio'' the first-ranking political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The Chairman of the XUAR People's Government usually serves as the CCP Deputy Committee Secretary. Since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the CCP Politburo.

Party Committees

9th Regional Party Committee (November 2016–October 2021)

* Secretary: Chen Quanguo
* Deputy Secretaries: Shohrat Zakir (until September 2021), Sun Jinlong (until April 2020), Zhu Hailun (until January 2019), Li Pengxin (until February 2021), Wang Junzheng (April 2020–October 2021), Zhang Chunlin (from April 2021), Li Yifei (from July 2021), Erkin Tuniyaz (from September 2021), He Zhongyou (from October 2021)
* Other Standing Committee members: Shewket Imin (until January 2018), Erkinjan Turaxun (until March 2017), Xu Hairong (until October 2021), Li Xuejun (April 2018), Erkin Tuniyaz, Ma Xuejun (until July 2018), Peng Jiarui (until March 2017) Tian Wen, Aqanulı Sarqıt, Luo Dongchuan (May 2017–July 2018), Li Wei (January 2018–December 2020), Zhang Chunlin (from January 2018), Yang Xin (August 2018–May 2021), Ji Zheng (September 2018–December 2019), Wang Junzheng (February 2019–October 2021), Li Yifei (from May 2020), Wang Mingshan (from September 2020), Tian Xiangli (from May 2021), Chen Weijun (from May 2021), Yang Cheng (from June 2021), Zhang Zhu (from September 2021), He Zhongyou (from October 2021), Ilzat Exmetjan (from October 2021)

10th Regional Party Committee (October 2021–)

* Secretary: Chen Quanguo (until 25 December 2021), Ma Xingrui (from 25 December 2021)
* Deputy Secretaries: Erkin Tuniyaz, Li Yifei, Zhang Chunlin (until November 2023), He Zhongyou, Zhang Zhu (from December 2023)
* Other Standing Committee members: Yang Cheng, Tian Xiangli, Chen Weijun, Wang Mingshan (until February 2024), Zumret Obul (until January 2023), Yang Fasen (until May 2023), Yüsüpjan Memet, Ilzat Exmetjan, Qadan Käbenuly, Wang Jianxin (from December 2022), Chen Mingguo (from February 2024)

See also

* Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Committee of Chinese Communist Party

References

{{Province-level Chinese Communist Party Committees

Politics of Xinjiang
Province-level committees of the Chinese Communist Party