| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | the Guangzhou 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: | Sun Zhiyang |
| Incumbentsince: | October 9, 2023 |
| Termlength: | Five years, renewable |
| Deputy: | Deputy Mayors |
| Appointer: | Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 广州市人民政府市长 |
| Department: | Guangzhou Municipal People's Government |
| Reports To: | Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee |
| Type: | Head of government |
| T: | 廣州市市長 |
| S: | 广州市市长 |
| P: | Guǎng Zhōu Shì Shì Zhǎng |
The mayor of Guangzhou, officially the Mayor of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, is the head of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Guangzhou Committee.
| Name | Term of office | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||
| 1 | Sun Fo | 15 February 1921 | July 1922 | |
| 2 | Wu Fei (吳飛) | July 1922 | December 1922 | |
| 3 | Jin Zhang (金章) | December 1922 | 8 February 1923 | |
| 4 | Lin Yungai | 8 February 1923 | 26 February 1923 | |
| 5 | Sun Fo | 26 February 1923 | September 1924 | |
| 6 | Li Fulin (李福林) | September 1924 | July 1925 | |
| City Council Chairperson | ||||
| 1 | Wu Chaoshu | July 1925 | June 1926 | |
| 2 | Sun Fo | June 1926 | May 1927 | |
| 3 | Lin Yungai | May 1927 | November 1927 | |
| 4 | Kan Nai-kuang (甘乃光) | November 1927 | May 1928 | |
| Mayor | ||||
| 7 | Lin Yungai | May 1928 | June 1931 | |
| 8 | Cheng Tiangu (程天固) | June 1931 | March 1932 | |
| 9 | Liu Jiwen | March 1932 | August 1936 | |
| 10 | Zeng Yangfu | August 1936 | 21 October 1938 | |
| (11) | Peng Dongyuan (彭東原) | 21 October 1938 | October 1941 | |
| (12) | Guan Zhongyi (關仲義) | October 1941 | October 1941 (days unknown) | |
| (13) | Zhou Huaren | October 1941 | June 1942 | |
| (14) | Chen Yaozu (陳耀祖) | June 1942 | 1942 | |
| (15) | Zhou Yingxiang (周應湘) | 1942 | February 1943 | |
| (16) | Wang Qi (汪屺) | February 1943 | 1944 | |
| (17) | Cheung Cheuk Kwan (張焯堃) | 1944 | September 1945 | |
| 11 | Chan Chak | September 1945 | June 1946 | |
| 12 | Ouyang Ju (欧阳驹) | June 1946 | 6 October 1949 | |
| 13 | Li Yangjing (李扬敬) | 6 October 1949 | 13 October 1949 | |
| Name | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||
| 1 | Ye Jianying | 28 October 1949 | December 1952 |
| 2 | He Wei (何伟) | December 1952 | November 1956 |
| 3 | Zhu Guang (朱光) | November 1956 | November 1960 |
| 4 | Zeng Sheng | November 1960 | 15 March 1967 |
| Chairman of Guangzhou Revolutionary Committee | |||
| 5(1) | Huang Ronghai (黄荣海) | 15 March 1967 | December 1972 |
| 6(2) | Jiao Linyi (焦林义) | December 1972 | March 1979 |
| 7(3) | Yang Shangkun | March 1979 | September 1981 |
| Mayor | |||
| 8 | Liang Lingguang | September 1981 | July 1983 |
| 9 | Ye Xuanping | July 1983 | August 1985 |
| 10 | Zhu Senlin | August 1985 | June 1988 |
| 11 | Yang Ziyuan | June 1988 | 7 June 1989 |
| 12 | Li Ziliu | 7 June 1989 | 1996 |
| 13 | Lin Shusen | 1996 | April 2003 |
| 14 | Zhang Guangning | April 2003 | 16 April 2010 |
| 15 | Wan Qingliang | 16 April 2010 | 20 December 2011 |
| 16 | Chen Jianhua | 20 December 2011 | 26 January 2016 |
| 17 | Wen Guohui | 26 January 2016 | 3 December 2021 |
| 18 | Guo Yonghang | 3 December 2021 | 9 October 2023 |
| 19 | Sun Zhiyang | 9 October 2023 | Incumbent |