List of mayors of Shanghai explained

Post:Mayor
Body:the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
Insignia:File:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent:Gong Zheng
Incumbentsince:March 23, 2020
Termlength:Five years, renewable
Formation:July 7, 1923
Deputy:Deputy Mayors
Appointer:Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Native Name:Chinese: 上海市人民政府市长
Department:Shanghai Municipal People's Government
Reports To:Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Type:Head of government
Nominator:Presidium of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress

The mayor of Shanghai, officially the Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, is the head of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Shanghai Committee.

Republic of China

PortraitNameTerm of office
Took officeLeft office
Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government
1Huang Fu
7 July 192714 August 1927
Wu Zhenxiu
15 August 192716 September 1927
2Zhang Dingfan
17 September 192731 March 1929
3Zhang Qun
1 April 192929 June 1930
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government
(3)Zhang Qun
1 July 19306 January 1932
4Wu Tiecheng
7 January 193231 March 1937
5Yu Hung-chun
1 April 193713 August 1945

Mayors under Japanese occupation

PortraitNameTerm of office
Took officeLeft office
Mayor of the Great Way Municipal Government of Shanghai
1Su Xiwen
5 December 193727 April 1938
Supervisor of the Shanghai Municipal Great Way Office
(1)Su Xiwen
28 April 193815 October 1938
Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government
2Fu Xiaoan
16 October 193811 October 1940
Su Xiwen
11 October 194019 November 1940
3Chen Gongbo
20 November 194011 November 1944
Wu Songgao
12 November 194414 January 1945
4Zhou Fohai
15 January 194412 September 1945

Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government (after World War II)

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft office
1Qian Dajun12 September 194519 May 1946Kuomintang
2K. C. Wu20 May 194630 April 1949
3Chen Liang1 May 194924 May 1949
Zhao Zukang24 May 194928 May 1949

People's Republic of China

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft office
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
1Chen Yi
28 May 1949February 1955Chinese Communist Party
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Committee
(1)Chen Yi
February 1955November 1958Chinese Communist Party
2Ke Qingshi
November 1958April 1965
3Cao Diqiu
November 1965February 1967
Director of the Shanghai People's Commune Interim Committee
4Zhang Chunqiao
February 1967February 1967Chinese Communist Party
Director of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee
(4)Zhang Chunqiao
February 1967October 1976Chinese Communist Party
5Su Zhenhua
October 1976January 1979
6Peng Chong
January 1979December 1979
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
(6)Peng Chong
December 1979March 1980Chinese Communist Party
7Wang Daohan
April 1981July 1985
8Jiang Zemin
July 1985April 1988
9Zhu Rongji
April 1988[1] April 1991
10Huang Ju
April 1991February 1995
11Xu Kuangdi
February 1995[2] December 2001
12Chen Liangyu
December 2001February 2003
13Han Zheng
February 2003[3] 26 December 2012
14Yang Xiong
26 December 2012[4] 17 January 2017
15Ying Yong
20 January 2017[5] 13 February 2020
16Gong Zheng
23 March 2020[6] Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mufson . Steven . 5 March 1998 . Economic Pragmatist to Be China Premier . 2023-11-30 . www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. Book: Hu, Richard . Reinventing the Chinese City . 2023 . . 978-0-231-21101-7 . New York . 146.
  3. Web site: 2023-03-10 . Meet Han Zheng, the man just appointed China’s new vice-president . 2023-11-30 . South China Morning Post . en.
  4. News: 26 December 2012 . zh:韩正辞去上海市市长职务 杨雄任上海市代市长 . zh . Han Zheng resigns as mayor of Shanghai; Yang Xiong appointed acting mayor of Shanghai . Eastday . http://shzw.eastday.com/shzw/G/20121226/u1ai96290.html . 30 December 2012.
  5. News: Areddy . James T. . 2017-01-20 . Shanghai Government Names Ying Yong Mayor . en-US . Wall Street Journal . 2023-11-30 . 0099-9660.
  6. Web site: 20 March 2020 . Shanghai set to endorse Gong Zheng as its new mayor .