| Post: | Secretary-General |
| Body: | the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 全国人民代表大会常务委员会秘书长 |
| Insignia: | National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | National Emblem of the People's Republic of China |
| Flag: | Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg |
| Flagsize: | 125px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the People's Republic of China |
| Incumbent: | Liu Qi |
| Incumbentsince: | March 10, 2023 |
| Department: | General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Type: | Presiding officer |
| Member Of: | Council of Chairpersons |
| Nominator: | Presidium of the National People's Congress |
| Appointer: | National People's Congress |
| Termlength: | 5 years, |
| Termlength Qualified: | renewable once consecutively |
| Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of China |
| First: | Peng Zhen |
| Deputy: | Deputy Secretary-General |
The secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is a deputy to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, responsible for assisting the chairman in his work. The secretary-general is responsible for overseeing the operations of the NPCSC General Office.
The secretary-general is formally nominated by the Presidium of the NPC during a session and approved by the delegations of the NPC, though in reality is chosen within the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[1] The chairman, vice chairpersons and the secretary-general of the NPCSC collectively constitute the Council of Chairpersons.[2] The secretary-general oversees the administrative operations of the General Office of the Standing Committee.[3] The post is generally held concurrently by one of the vice chairpersons, and is assisted by one or more deputy secretaries-general.
| No. | Term(s) | Name | Picture | Took office | Left Office | Tenure | Important offices held during tenure | CPPCC Chairperson | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st | Peng Zhen | Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee | Liu Shaoqi | [4] | |||||
| 2nd | Zhu De | [5] | ||||||||
| 2 | 3rd | Liu Ningyi(1907–1994) | Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee | |||||||
| 3 | 4th | Ji Pengfei(1910–2000) | ||||||||
| 5th | Ye Jianying | [6] | ||||||||
| 4 | Peng Zhen | Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee | ||||||||
| 5 | Yang Shangkun(1907–1998) | [7] | ||||||||
| 6 | 6th | Wang Hanbin(born 1925) | Peng Zhen | [8] | ||||||
| 7 | 7th | Peng Chong(1915–2010) | Wan Li | [9] | ||||||
| 8 | 8th | Cao Zhi(born 1928) | Qiao Shi | [10] | ||||||
| 9 | 9th | He Chunlin(born 1933) | Li Peng | [11] | ||||||
| 10 | 10th | Sheng Huaren(born 1935) | Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee | Wu Bangguo | [12] | |||||
| 11 | 11th | Li Jianguo(born 1946) | Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee | [13] | ||||||
| 12 | 12th | Wang Chen(born 1950) | Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee | Zhang Dejiang | [14] | |||||
| 13 | 13th | Yang Zhenwu(born 1955) | Li Zhanshu | [15] | ||||||
| 14 | 14th | Liu Qi(born 1957) | Incumbent | Zhao Leji | [16] |