Politics of Liaoning

The politics of Liaoning Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a single party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Liaoning (辽宁省省长) is the highest ranking official in the People's Government of Liaoning. However, in the province's single party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Liaoning Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary (辽宁省委书记), colloquially termed the "Liaoning CPC Party Chief".

Previous to 1949 and the takeover of the Communist forces, Liaoning was governed by the Fengtian Clique of warlords and interchangeably officials of the Chiang Kai-shek bureaucracy. During the Qing Dynasty Liaoning was known as the province of Fengtian, and was governed by a zongdu or Viceroy (The Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces 东三省总督), along with the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang. The province itself also had a governor (xunfu).

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List of party chiefs

CPC Party Secretary Name in Chinese Term Notes
Huang Oudong 黄欧东 August 1954 — June 1958
Huang Huoqing 黄火青 June 1958 — January 1971
Chen Xilian 陈锡联 January 1971 — December 1973 Vice-Premier
Zeng Shaoshan 曾绍山 September 1975 — September 1978 Father of former Vice President Zeng Qinghong
Ren Zhongyi 任仲夷 September 1978 — November 1980 Led economic reform in Guangdong
Guo Feng 郭峰 November 1980 — June 1985
Li Guixian 李贵鲜 June 1985 — April 1986 Later PBoC Governor
Quan Shuren 全树仁 April 1986 — September 1993
Gu Jinchi 顧金池 September 1993 — August 1997
Wen Shizhen 闻世震 August 1997 — December 2004
Li Keqiang 李克强 December 2004 — October 2007 Promoted to Politburo Standing Committee
Zhang Wenyue 张文岳 October 2007 —

List of Governors

Governor Chinese Name Term Notes
Du Zheheng 杜者蘅 August 1954 — October 1958
Huang Oudong 黄欧东 October 1958 — January 1967
Chen Xilian 陈锡联 May 1968 — December 1973
Zeng Shaoshan 曾绍山 September 1975 — September 1978
Ren Zhongyi 任仲夷 September 1978 — January 1978
Chen Puru 陈璞如 January 1980 — April 1982
Quan Shuren 全树仁 April 1983 — July 1986
Li Changchun 李长春 July 1986 — July 1990
Yue Qifeng 岳歧峰 July 1990 — May 1994
Wen Shizhen 闻世震 May 1994 — January 1998
Zhang Guoguang 张国光 January 1998 — January 2001
Bo Xilai 薄熙来 January 2001 — February 2004 Became minister of MOFCOM
Zhang Wenyue 张文岳 February 2004 — December 2007
Chen Zhenggao 陈政高 December 2007 — present Incumbent

List of Chairmen of Liaoning People's Congress

  1. Huang Oudong (黄欧东): 1980－1983
  2. Zhang Zhengde (张正德): 1983－1988
  3. Wang Guangzhong (王光中): 1988－1993
  4. Quan Shuren (全树仁):1993－1998
  5. Wang Huaiyuan (王怀远): 1998－2003
  6. Wen Shizhen (闻世震): 2003－2005
  7. Li Keqiang (李克强): 2005－2007
  8. Zhang Xilin (张锡林): 2007-incumbent

List of Chairmen of Liaoning CPPCC

  1. Huang Oudong (黄欧东): 1955－1959
  2. Huang Huoqing (黄火青): 1959－1967
  3. Huang Oudong (黄欧东): 1977－1980
  4. Li Huang (李荒): 1980－1982
  5. Song Li (宋黎): 1982－1985
  6. Xu Shaofu (徐少甫): 1985－1993
  7. Sun Qi (孙奇): 1993－2001
  8. Xiao Zuofu (肖作福): 2001－2003
  9. Zhang Wenyue (张文岳): 2003－2004
  10. Guo Tingbiao (郭廷标): 2004

See also

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