Shanghai Municipal People's Government Explained

Shanghai Municipal People's Government
Leader1 Type:	Mayor
Leader1:	Gong Zheng
Election1:	23 March 2020
Leader2 Type:	Executive Deputy Mayor
Leader3 Type:	Deputy Mayors
Leader3:	Zhang Xiaohong, Liu Duo, Hua Yuan, Jie Dong (CNDCA), Zhang Yahong, Chen Jie, Chen Yujian
Leader5 Type:	Secretary-general
Leader5:	Ma Chunlei
Leader6 Type:	Parent body
Leader6:	Central People's Government Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Leader7 Type:	Elected by
Leader7:	Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Session Room:	Shanghai Government Building.jpg
Meeting Place:	Shanghai People's Building, Renmin Avenue Huangpu, Shanghai

The Shanghai Municipal People's Government is the local administrative agency of Shanghai.^[1] It is officially elected by the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and is formally responsible to the SMPC and its Standing Committee. The municipal government is headed by a mayor, currently Gong Zheng.^[2] Under the country's Leninist system, the mayor is subordinate to the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[3]

Organization

The organization of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government includes:^{[4] [5]}

• General Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government

Component Departments

• Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission
• Shanghai Municipal Industry and Information Technology Commission
• Shanghai Municipal Commerce Commission
• Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
• Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission
• Shanghai Municipal Ethnic Affairs Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau
• Shanghai State Security Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Justice Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Committee
• Shanghai Municipal Transport Commission
• Shanghai Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
• Shanghai Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Water Resources Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Health Commission
• Shanghai Municipal Audit Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Veterans Affairs Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Emergency Management Bureau
• Shanghai Municipal Market Regulation Administration
• Shanghai Municipal Local Financial Supervision Administration
• Shanghai Municipal People's Government Foreign Affairs Office
• Shanghai Municipal Prison Administration

Organizations under the Municipal Government

• Shanghai Library
• Shanghai Museum
• Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Leadership

Party!Date of Birth!Other offices!

Gong Zheng	Mayor Secretary of the Municipal Government Party Leading Group		CCP		Deputy Secretary of the Party Shanghai Municipal Committee Member of the CCP Central Committee	^[6]
Zhang Xiaohong	Deputy Mayor Member of the Party Leading Group		CCP			^[7]
Liu Duo	Deputy Mayor Member of the Party Leading Group		CCP		Director of Shanghai Office for Promotion of Technology and Innovation Center Construction Director of Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park Administration
Hua Yuan	Deputy Mayor Deputy Secretary-General Member of the Party Leading Group		CCP		Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission Director of the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission
Xie Dong	Deputy Mayor		CNDCA		Vice Chairperson of the CNDCA Chairperson of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CNDCA Director of the Shanghai Municipal Financial Supervision Bureau Director of the Shanghai Financial Affairs Bureau
Zhang Yahong	Deputy Mayor Member of the Party Leading Group		CCP		Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Committee Director of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau
Chen Jie	Deputy Mayor Member of the Party Leading Group		CCP
Ma Chunlei	Secretary-General Member of the Party Leading Group		CCP		Deputy Secretary-general of the Party Shanghai Municipal Committee	^[8]

Previous leaderships

15th Municipal People's Government (January 2018–January 2023)

• Mayor: Ying Yong (until 23 March 2020), Gong Zheng (from 21 July 2020)
• Deputy Mayors: Zhou Bo (until 28 March 2019), Chen Yin (19 January 2019–31 October 2021), Weng Tiehui (until 16 January 2019), Guang Guanghui (until 22 November 2018), Wu Qing,^[9] Xu Kunlin (until 27 October 2020), Peng Chenlei,^[10] Chen Qun,^[11] Gong Daoan (until 23 September 2020), Zong Ming (from 19 February 2019),^[12] Tang Zhiping (23 September 2019–29 December 2021), Gong Zheng (23 March 2020–21 July 2020; became mayor), Chen Tong (18 August 2020–21 July 2022), Shu Qing (from 30 December 2020), Zhang Wei (26 February 2021–8 January 2023), Liu Duo (from 29 December 2021), Guo Fang (from 8 January 2023), Zhang Xiaohong (from 8 January 2023)

16th Municipal People's Government (January 2023–)

• Mayor: Gong Zheng
• Deputy Mayors: Wu Qing (until 25 July 2023), Guo Fang (until 25 July 2023), Zhang Xiaohong, Liu Duo, Hua Yuan, Xie Dong, Li Zheng (until 25 July 2023), Zhang Yahong, Chen Jie (from 25 July 2023), Chen Yujian (from 28 December 2023)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Political System . 6 January 2023 . Office of Shanghai Chronicles.
2. News: Zheng . William . 22 July 2020 . Shanghai appoints new mayor, who talks of turning crisis into opportunity . . 6 January 2023.
3. News: Ren . Daniel . 29 December 2016 . Former close subordinate of Xi Jinping expected to become Shanghai mayor . . 6 January 2023.
4. Web site: Agencies . 2023-01-05 . Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
5. Web site: 19 November 2018 . 市委常委、常务副市长周波向市人大常委会报告上海市人民政府机构改革方案 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200208014803/http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/nw2/nw2314/nw38605/nw42569/nw42570/u21aw1351167.html . 8 February 2020 . 6 January 2023 . Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
6. Web site: 22 April 2021 . Publicity Department of CPC Central Committee holds press conference on 'from cradle of the Party to maker of new miracles' . 2023-01-05 . State Council Information Office.
7. Web site: Municipal Government Leaders . 18 March 2024 . Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
8. News: McCarthy . Simone . Yong . Xiong . 4 April 2022 . China drafts in the military as Shanghai ordered to test 25 million residents for Covid . . 6 January 2023.
9. News: 10 January 2018 . Shanghai Appoints Stock Exchange Chairman Wu Qing as Vice Mayor . 6 January 2023 . Yicai Global.
10. News: 30 November 2017 . Peng Chenlei . 6 January 2023 . China Daily.
11. News: 30 November 2017 . Chen Qun . 6 January 2023 . China Daily.
12. Web site: Zong Ming . 6 January 2023 . Shanghai Municipal People's Government.