Mayor of Beijing explained

Post:Mayor
Body:the Beijing 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:Yin Yong
Incumbentsince:October 28, 2022
Termlength:Five years, renewable
Formation:January 1, 1912
Deputy:Deputy Mayors
Appointer:Beijing Municipal People's Congress
Native Name:Chinese: 北京市人民政府市长
Department:Beijing Municipal People's Government
Reports To:Beijing Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Type:Head of government
Nominator:Presidium of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress

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

Republic of China

PortraitNameTerm of office
Took officeLeft office
Governor of the Shuntian Prefecture
1Ding Naiyang1 January 191224 December 1912
2Zhang Guangjian24 December 191219 September 1913
3Wang Zhixin16 October 191323 March 1914
4Shen Jinjian23 March 19141914
Capital Administrative Officier
(4)Shen Jinjian1914September 1915
5Wang Da26 September 19153 August 1920
6Wang Hu3 August 192018 September 1920
7Sun Zhenjia18 September 192019 May 1922
8Liu Menggeng19 May 19225 November 1924
9Wang Zhixiang5 November 192431 December 1924
10Xue Dubi31 December 19249 October 1925
11Liu Ji20 October 1925May 1926
12Li Yuan4 September 192624 September 1927
13Zhang Jixin24 September 19273 June 1928
Li Shengpei4 June 192825 June 1928
Mayor of the Beiping Special Municipal Government
He Chengjun25 June 192813 July 1928
14He Qigong13 July 192812 June 1929
15Chang Yin-wu12 June 192927 February 1931
Wang TaoOctober 1930March 1931
16Zhou Dawen27 February 1931April 1931
Mayor of the Beijing Municipal Government
Hu RuoyuApril 1931June 1931
(16)Zhou DawenApril 193116 June 1933
17Yuan Liang16 June 19331 November 1935
18Song Zheyuan1 November 19358 November 1935
19Qin Dechun8 November 193528 July 1937
20Zhang Zizhong28 July 19376 August 1937

Mayors under Japanese occupation

PortraitNameTerm of office
Took officeLeft office
Mayor of the Beiping Local Maintenance Committeeand the Mayor of the Beijing Local Maintenance Committee
1Jiang Chaozong6 August 193717 December 1937
Mayor of the Beijing Special Municipal Government
(1)Jiang Chaozong1 January 193810 January 1938
2Yu Jinhe10 January 193813 January 1938
Mayor of Beijing Special Municipality
(2)Yu Jinhe13 January 19389 February 1943
Su Tiren19419 February 1943
3Liu Yushu9 February 19431943
Mayor of the Beijing Special Municipal Government
(3)Liu Yushu194320 February 1945
4Xu Xiuzhi20 February 194516 August 1945

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

PortraitNameTerm of office
Took officeLeft office
1Xiong Bin16 August 194515 July 1946
2He Siyuan15 July 1946July 1948
3Liu YaozhangJuly 19484 February 1949

People's Republic of China

PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft office
Mayor of the Beiping Municipal People's Government
1Ye Jianying8 December 19489 September 1949Chinese Communist Party
2Nie Rongzhen9 September 194930 September 1949
Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government
(2)Nie Rongzhen30 September 194926 February 1951Chinese Communist Party
3Peng Zhen26 February 1951August 1954
Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Committee
(3)Peng ZhenAugust 195423 May 1966Chinese Communist Party
4Wu De23 May 196620 April 1967
Director of the Beijing Revolutionary Committee
5Xie Fuzhi20 April 196726 March 1972Chinese Communist Party
6Wu DeMay 19729 October 1978
7Lin Hujia9 October 197813 December 1978
Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government
(7)Lin Hujia13 December 197825 January 1981Chinese Communist Party
8Jiao Ruoyu25 January 198124 March 1983
9Chen Xitong24 March 1983February 1993
10Li QiyanFebruary 1993October 1996
11Jia QinglinFebruary 1997February 1999
12Liu QiFebruary 1999January 2003
13Meng Xuenong19 January 2003[1] 20 April 2003
14Wang QishanFebruary 200430 November 2007
15Guo JinlongJanuary 2008[2] 25 July 2012
16Wang Anshun28 January 2013[3] 31 October 2016
17Cai Qi20 January 2017[4] 27 May 2017
18Chen Jining30 January 2018[5] 28 October 2022
19Yin Yong19 January 2023[6] Incumbent

References

  1. Web site: 2007 . Meng Xuenong appointed acting governor of north China's Shanxi Province . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010075922/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/03/content_6657539.htm . October 10, 2012 . 2007-09-07 . Xinhua.
  2. Web site: zh:北京候任市长王安顺背景分析 . http://blog.dwnews.com/post-216148.html . Duowei.
  3. Web site: 28 January 2013 . zh:杜德印当选北京市人大常委会主任 王安顺当选市长 . http://www.gov.cn/rsrm/2013-01/28/content_2321319.htm . 2 February 2012 . Central Government of China . Chinese.
  4. News: 31 October 2016 . Cai Qi Appointed Acting Mayor of Beijing . 9 September 2023 . .
  5. News: 2017-05-27 . zh:陈吉宁任北京代市长 . http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-05-27/doc-ifyfqvmh9306766.shtml . 2017-05-27 . Sina News . zh-cn.
  6. News: 17 August 2021 . zh:北京市副市长殷勇到中国通号调研 . https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_14081337 . 28 October 2022 . thepaper . zh.