Governor of Guangdong

Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government

广东省人民政府省长

National Emblem of China

Flag of China

Incumbent
Wang Weizhong

since 27 December 2021

Guangdong Provincial People's Government
Type| Governor
Status| Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to| Guangdong Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator| Presidium of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress
Appointer| Guangdong Provincial People's Congress
Term length| Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder| Ye Jianying
Formation| 6 November 1949
Deputy| Deputy Governors
Secretary-General

The governor of Guangdong, officially the Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, is the head of Guangdong Province and leader of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.

The governor is elected by the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Guangdong Committee.[1] The current governor is Wang Weizhong, who took office on 27 December 2021.

## List of governors

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### Republic of China

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No. | Officeholder  | Term of office

|
|

Took office  | Left office
Governor of the Military Government of Guangdong Province
1  |  | Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

| 17 November 1911  | 12 December 1911
2  |  | Chen Jiongming

(1878–1933)

| 12 December 1911  | 25 April 1912
(1)  |  | Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

| 25 April 1912  | 4 June 1913
3  |  | Chen Jiongming

(1878–1933)

| 2 July 1913  | 3 August 1913
4  |  | Long Jiguang

(1867–1925)

| 3 August 1913  | 6 July 1916
Director of the Guangdong Civil Affairs Office
1  |  | Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

| 14 June 1913  | 14 June 1913
2  |  | Chen Zhaochang

(1867–1914)

| Never took office
3  |  | Chen Jiongming

(1878–1933)

| 14 June 1913  | 3 August 1913
4  |  | Long Jiguang

(1867–1925)

| 3 August 1913  | 13 September 1913
5  |  | Li Kaiqian

(1871–1929)

| 13 September 1913  | 26 May 1914
Guangdong Provincial Inspector General's Office
4  |  | Li Guoyun

(1878–?)

| 26 May 1914  | 3 July 1915
5  |  | Zhang Mingqi

(1875–1945)

| 3 July 1915  |
6  |  | Long Jiguang

(1867–1925)

| 21 June 1916  | 6 July 1916
Governor of Guangdong Province
1  |  | Zhu Qinglan

(1874–1941)

| 6 July 1916  | 27 August 1917
2  |  | Li Yaohan

(1878–1942)

| 6 September 1917  | 22 September 1918
3  |  | Zhai Wang

(1877–1941)

| 22 September 1918  | 22 June 1919
–  |  | Zhang Jinfang

(1854–1921)

| 22 June 1919  | 29 May 1920
4  |  | Yang Yongtai

(1880–1936)

| August 1957  | 27 October 1920
–  |  | Wei Bangping

(1884–1935)

| 27 October 1920  | 10 November 1920
5  |  | Chen Jiongming

(1878–1933)

| 10 November 1920  | 19 April 1922
6  |  | Wu Ting-fang

(1842–1922)

| 22 April 1922  | 21 June 1922
7  |  | Wei Bangping

(1884–1935)

| 21 June 1922  | 15 August 1922
8  |  | Chun Chik-yu

(1859–1936)

| 15 August 1922  | 19 January 1923
9  |  | Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

| 20 January 1923  | 22 February 1923
10  |  | Xu Shaozhen

(1861–1936)

| 22 February 1923  | 7 May 1923
11  |  | Liao Zhongkai

(1877–1925)

| 7 May 1923  | 23 February 1924
12  |  | Yang Shukan

(1881–1942)

| 23 February 1924  | 12 June 1924
(11)  |  | Liao Zhongkai

(1877–1925)

| 12 June 1924  | 29 August 1924
(9)  |  | Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

| 5 September 1924  | 3 July 1925
13  |  | Xu Chongzhi

(1887–1965)

| 3 July 1925  | August 1925
14  |  | Chen Shuren

(1884–1948)

| August 1925  | 10 November 1926
Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government
1  |  | Sun Fo

(1891–1973)

| 13 November 1926  | 7 December 1926
2  |  | Li Jishen

(1885–1959)

| 7 December 1926  | 3 July 1928
–  |  | Feng Zhuwan

(1879–1954)

| 3 July 1928  | 19 December 1928
3  |  | Chen Mingshu

(1889–1965)

| 19 December 1928  | 12 May 1931
4  |  | Chen Jitang

(1890–1954)

| 12 May 1931  | 3 May 1932
5  |  | Lin Yizhong

(1887–1984)

| 3 May 1932  | 29 July 1936
6  |  | Huang Musong

(1884–1937)

| 29 July 1936  | March 1937
7  |  | Wu Tiecheng

(1893–1953)

| March 1937  | 23 December 1938
8  |  | Li Hanhun

(1895–1987)

| 23 December 1938  | 31 August 1945

#### Japanese occupation

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No. | Officeholder  | Term of office

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Took office  | Left office
1  |  | Peng Dongyuan

(1882–1954)

| 21 October 1938  | 10 May 1940
2  |  | Chen Yaozu

(1892–1944)

| 10 May 1940  | 4 April 1944
–  |  | Wang Qi

(1896–1961)

| 4 April 1944  | 14 April 1944
3  |  | Chen Chunpu

(1900–1966)

| 14 April 1944  | 26 April 1945
4  |  | Chu Minyi

(1884–1946)

| 26 April 1945  | 31 August 1945

#### After World War II

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No. | Officeholder  | Term of office

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Took office  | Left office
–  |  | Liu Yonggao[note 1] | 31 August 1945  | 19 September 1945
1  |  | Luo Zhuoying

(1896–1961)

| 19 September 1945  | 3 October 1947
2  |  | T. V. Soong

(1894–1971)

| 3 October 1947  | 24 January 1949
3  |  | Xue Yue

(1896–1998)

| 24 January 1949  | May 1950

### People's Republic of China

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No. | Officeholder  | Term of office  | Party  | Ref.

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|
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Took office  | Left office
Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government
1  |  | Ye Jianying

(1897–1986)

| 6 November 1949  | September 1953  | Chinese Communist Party |
2  |  | Tao Zhu

(1908–1969)

| September 1953  | February 1955  |
Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Committee
(2)  |  | Tao Zhu

(1908–1969)

| February 1955  | August 1957  | Chinese Communist Party  |
3  |  | Chen Yu

(1901–1974)

| August 1957  | November 1967  |
4  |  | Huang Yongsheng

(1910–1983)

| November 1967  | 21 February 1968  |
Director of the Guangdong Revolutionary Committee
(4)  |  | Huang Yongsheng

(1910–1983)

| 21 February 1968  | June 1969  | Chinese Communist Party  |
5  |  | Liu Xingyuan

(1908–1990)

| June 1969  | April 1972  |
6  |  | Ding Sheng

(1913–1999)

| April 1972[2] | April 1974  |
7  |  | Zhao Ziyang

(1919–2005)

| April 1974  | October 1975  |
8  |  | Wei Guoqing

(1913–1989)

| October 1975  | January 1979  |
Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government
9  |  | Xi Zhongxun

(1913–2002)

| January 1979  | March 1981  | Chinese Communist Party  | [3]
10  |  | Liu Tianfu

(1908–2002)

| March 1981  | April 1983  | [4]
11  |  | Liang Lingguang

(1916–2006)

| April 1983  | August 1985  | [5]
12  |  | Ye Xuanping

(1924–2019)

| August 1985  | May 1991  | [6]
13  |  | Zhu Senlin

(born 1930)

| May 1991  | 9 February 1996  | [7]
14  |  | Lu Ruihua

(1938–2025)

| 10 February 1996  | 20 January 2003  | [8]
15  |  | Huang Huahua

(born 1946)

| 20 January 2003  | 4 November 2011  | [9]
16  |  | Zhu Xiaodan

(born 1953)

| 17 January 2012

(acting from 5 November 2011)

| 30 December 2016  | [10]
17  |  | Ma Xingrui

(born 1959)

| 23 January 2017

(acting from 30 December 2016)

| 27 December 2021  | [11]
18  |  | Wang Weizhong

(born 1962)

| 22 January 2022

(acting from 27 December 2021)

| Incumbent  | [12]

## Notes

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1. ^ Special Commissioner of the National Government

## References

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1. ^ "Decoding Chinese Politics: Provincial Leaders". Asia Society. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. ^ Yeung, Yue-man; Chu, David K. Y. (1998). Guangdong: Survey of a Province Undergoing Rapid Change. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. p. 25\. ISBN 978-962-201-769-6.
3. ^ 习仲勋的故事（全本）前中央书记处书记习仲勋的战斗一生 - 第1章 习仲勋生平（2） (in Chinese (China)). Ifeng Books. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
4. ^ 陳瑞璋, Sui-jeung Chan (2009). East River Column: Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 157–158\. ISBN 978-962-209-850-3.
5. ^ "广东原省长梁灵光同志遗体广州火化". Sina. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
6. ^ Crane, George T. (2019). The Political Economy of China's Economic Zones. Taylor & Francis. p. 128\. ISBN 978-1-315-49243-8.
7. ^ "Biography of Zhu Senlin". China Vitae. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
8. ^ "卢瑞华 (About Lu Ruihua)" (in Chinese). CSFQW.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
9. ^ "Huang Huahua". China.org.cn. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
10. ^ "Zhu Xiaodan elected Guangdong governor". China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
11. ^ "李玉妹当选省人大常委会主任 马兴瑞当选广东省省长". Xinhua. 24 January 2017.
12. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (27 December 2021). 王伟中代理广东省省长 马兴瑞辞去省长职务. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 December 2021.伊一Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202112/27/t20211227_37206356.shtml&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Governor+of+Guangdong" class="Z3988">

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Political leaders of Guangdong since 1949

Party committee
secretaries|

* Ye Jianying
* Tao Zhu
* Zhao Ziyang
* Huang Yongsheng
* Liu Xingyuan
* Ding Sheng
* Zhao Ziyang
* Wei Guoqing
* Xi Zhongxun
* Ren Zhongyi
* Lin Ruo
* Xie Fei
* Li Changchun
* Zhang Dejiang
* Wang Yang
* Hu Chunhua
* Li Xi
* Huang Kunming

Congress
chairpersons|

* Li Jianzhen
* Luo Tian
* Lin Ruo
* Zhu Senlin
* Zhang Guoying
* Lu Zhonghe
* Huang Liman
* Ou Guangyuan
* Huang Longyun
* Li Yumei
* Huang Chuping

Governors|

* Ye Jianying
* Tao Zhu
* Chen Yu
* Huang Yongsheng
* Liu Xingyuan
* Ding Sheng
* Zhao Ziyang
* Wei Guoqing
* Xi Zhongxun
* Liu Tianfu
* Liang Lingguang
* Ye Xuanping
* Zhu Senlin
* Lu Ruihua
* Huang Huahua
* Zhu Xiaodan
* Ma Xingrui
* Wang Weizhong

Conference
chairpersons|

* Tao Zhu
* Ou Mengjue
* Wang Shoudao
* Yin Linping
* Liang Weilin
* Wu Nansheng
* Guo Rongchang
* Liu Fengyi
* Chen Shaoji
* Huang Longyun
* Zhu Mingguo
* Wang Rong
* Lin Keqing

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Provincial level government executives in China (list)

Municipalities (Mayors)|

* Beijing: Yin Yong
* Chongqing: Hu Henghua
* Shanghai: Gong Zheng
* Tianjin: Zhang Gong

Provinces (Governors)|

* Anhui: Wang Qingxian
* Fujian: Zhao Long
* Gansu: Ren Zhenhe
* Guangdong: Wang Weizhong
* Guizhou: Li Bingjun
* Hainan: Liu Xiaoming
* Hebei: Wang Zhengpu
* Heilongjiang: Liang Huiling ♀
* Henan: Wang Kai
* Hubei: Li Dianxun
* Hunan: Mao Weiming
* Jiangsu: Xu Kunlin
* Jiangxi: Ye Jianchun
* Jilin: Hu Yuting
* Liaoning: Li Lecheng
* Qinghai: Luo Dongchuan
* Shaanxi: Zhao Gang
* Shandong: Zhou Naixiang
* Shanxi: Vacant
* Sichuan: Shi Xiaolin ♀
* Yunnan: Wang Yubo
* Zhejiang: Liu Jie

Autonomous regions (Chairpersons)|

* Guangxi: Vacant
* Inner Mongolia: Wang Lixia ♀
* Ningxia: Zhang Yupu
* Tibet: Garma Cedain
* Xinjiang: Erkin Tuniyaz

SARs (Chief Executives)|

* Hong Kong: John Lee
* Macau: Sam Hou Fai

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