Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
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Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China | |
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中华人民共和国国务院副总理 | |
Central People's Government | |
Inaugural holder | Chen Yun |
Formation | September 1954 |
Website | State Council |
Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Guówùyuàn Fùzǒnglǐ |
Wade–Giles | Kuo2-wu4-yüan4 Fu4-tsung3-li3 |
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The vice premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China are high-ranking officials under the
The highest-ranked office holder is informally called the Senior Vice Premier or First Vice Premier (Chinese: 第一副总理) or Executive Vice Premier (Chinese: 常务副总理), a most prominent case being Deng Xiaoping in the mid-to-late 1970s.[2][3] In irregular instances, the position of a senior vice premier has been named either to indicate degree of power, nominal power, or when the premier is incapacitated and requires a full-time deputy to carry out his regular duties.
Selection
Officially, the vice premiers are appointed by the National People's Congress (NPC) upon the nomination of the premier.[4] The NPC also has the power to remove the vice premiers and other state officers from office. Elections and removals are decided by majority vote.[4] In practice, the vice premiers are chosen within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership, including the Politburo Standing Committee.[5]
The length of the vice premier's term of office is the same as the NPC, which is 5 years, and the vice premiers are restricted to two consecutive terms.
Powers and authority
Vice premiers are the deputies to the premier, with each vice premier overseeing a certain area of administration.[6] Vice premiers are members of the executive meetings of the State Council, along with the premier, secretary-general and state councillors.[4] Additionally, all vice premiers have been members of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in recent decades, with the executive vice premier being a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.[7]
Current vice premiers
Vice Premiers of the People's Republic of China | ||||
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Portrait | Information | Posts | ||
Rank | 1st | Member of the Politburo Standing Committee (6th Ranked)
Development and reform, education, science and technology, finance, ecology and environment, statistics, and intellectual property | ||
Name | Ding Xuexiang | |||
Constituency | Liaoning At-large | |||
Birthplace | Nantong, Jiangsu | |||
Took office | 12 March 2023 | |||
Rank | 2nd | Member of the Politburo
Public finance, natural resource management, housing and urban development, transportation, commerce | ||
Name | He Lifeng | |||
Constituency | Inner Mongolia At-large | |||
Birthplace | Xingning, Guangdong | |||
Took office | 12 March 2023 | |||
Rank | 3rd | Member of the Politburo
Industry and information technology, emergency management, and state-owned enterprises | ||
Name | Zhang Guoqing | |||
Constituency | Tibet At-large | |||
Birthplace | Luoshan County, Henan | |||
Took office | 12 March 2023 | |||
Rank | 4th | Member of the Politburo
Agriculture and rural affairs, health, poverty alleviation, and meteorology | ||
Name | Liu Guozhong | |||
Constituency | Henan At-large | |||
Birthplace | Wangkui County, Heilongjiang | |||
Took office | 12 March 2023 |
References
- ^ "Organic Law of the State Council of the People's Republic of China". National People's Congress. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Senior Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-Ping (Deng Xiaoping) speaking during dinner hosted by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee in honour of the visiting People's Republic of China Senior Vice-Premier and delegation at Istana". National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- JSTOR 26376623. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ a b c d "Constitution of the People's Republic of China". National People's Congress. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ a b Liao, Zewei (2023-03-04). "NPC 2023: How China Selects Its State Leaders for the Next Five Years". NPC Observer. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ He, Laura (4 March 2023). "Meet the 4 men tapped to run China's economy". CNN. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ Miller, Alice. "The 19th Central Committee Politburo" (PDF). Hoover Institution. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
See also
- Orders of precedence in China