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The mayor of Shanghai, officially the Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, is the head of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Shanghai Committee.
| Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government | |
|---|---|
| 上海市人民政府市长 | |
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| Shanghai Municipal People's Government | |
| Type | Head of government |
| Reports to | Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee |
| Nominator | Presidium of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress |
| Appointer | Shanghai Municipal People's Congress |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Chen Yi |
| Formation | 28 May 1949 |
| Deputy | Deputy Mayors Secretary-General |
Republic of China
edit| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||
| Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Huang Fu (1883–1936) |
7 July 1927 | 14 August 1927 |
| – | 
|
Wu Zhenxiu (1883–1966) |
15 August 1927 | 16 September 1927 |
| 2 | 
|
Zhang Dingfan (1891–1945) |
17 September 1927 | 31 March 1929 |
| 3 | 
|
Zhang Qun (1889–1990) |
1 April 1929 | 29 June 1930 |
| Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government | ||||
| (3) |
|
Zhang Qun (1889–1990) |
1 July 1930 | 6 January 1932 |
| 4 | 
|
Wu Tiecheng (1893–1953) |
7 January 1932 | 31 March 1937 |
| 5 | 
|
Yu Hung-chun (1898–1960) |
1 April 1937 | 13 August 1945 |
Mayors under Japanese occupation
edit| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||
| Mayor of the Great Way Municipal Government of Shanghai | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Su Xiwen (1889–1945) |
5 December 1937 | 27 April 1938 |
| Supervisor of the Shanghai Municipal Great Way Office | ||||
| (1) |
|
Su Xiwen (1889–1945) |
28 April 1938 | 15 October 1938 |
| Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government | ||||
| 2 | 
|
Fu Xiaoan (1872–1940) |
16 October 1938 | 11 October 1940 |
| – |
|
Su Xiwen (1889–1945) |
11 October 1940 | 19 November 1940 |
| 3 | 
|
Chen Gongbo (1892–1946) |
20 November 1940 | 11 November 1944 |
| – | 
|
Wu Songgao (1898–1953) |
12 November 1944 | 14 January 1945 |
| 4 | 
|
Zhou Fohai (1897–1948) |
15 January 1944 | 12 September 1945 |
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government (after World War II)
edit| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Qian Dajun
(1893–1982) |
12 September 1945 | 19 May 1946 | Kuomintang |
| 2 | 
|
K. C. Wu
(1903–1984) |
20 May 1946 | 30 April 1949 | |
| 3 | 
|
Chen Liang
(1896–1994) |
1 May 1949 | 24 May 1949 | |
| – | 
|
Zhao Zukang
(1900–1995) |
24 May 1949 | 28 May 1949 | |
People's Republic of China
edit| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government | ||||||
| 1 | 
|
Chen Yi (1901–1972) |
28 May 1949 | February 1955 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Committee | ||||||
| (1) |
|
Chen Yi (1901–1972) |
February 1955 | November 1958 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 2 | 
|
Ke Qingshi (1902–1965) |
November 1958 | April 1965 | ||
| 3 |
|
Cao Diqiu (1909–1976) |
November 1965 | February 1967 | ||
| Director of the Shanghai People's Commune Interim Committee | ||||||
| 4 | 
|
Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005) |
February 1967 | February 1967 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Director of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee | ||||||
| (4) |
|
Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005) |
February 1967 | October 1976 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 5 | 
|
Su Zhenhua (1912–1979) |
October 1976 | January 1979 | ||
| 6 |
|
Peng Chong (1915–2010) |
January 1979 | December 1979 | ||
| Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government | ||||||
| (6) |
|
Peng Chong (1915–2010) |
December 1979 | March 1980 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 7 | 
|
Wang Daohan (1915–2005) |
April 1981 | July 1985 | ||
| 8 | 
|
Jiang Zemin (1926–2022) |
July 1985 | April 1988 | ||
| 9 | 
|
Zhu Rongji (born 1928) |
April 1988 | April 1991 | [1] | |
| 10 | 
|
Huang Ju (1938–2007) |
April 1991 | February 1995 | ||
| 11 | 
|
Xu Kuangdi (born 1936) |
February 1995 | December 2001 | [2] | |
| 12 |
|
Chen Liangyu (born 1944) |
December 2001 | February 2003 | ||
| 13 | 
|
Han Zheng (born 1955) |
February 2003 | 26 December 2012 | [3] | |
| 14 | 
|
Yang Xiong (1953–2021) |
26 December 2012 | 17 January 2017 | [4] | |
| 15 | 
|
Ying Yong (born 1957) |
20 January 2017 | 13 February 2020 | [5] | |
| 16 |
|
Gong Zheng (born 1960) |
23 March 2020 | Incumbent | [6] | |
References
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- ^ Hu, Richard (2023). Reinventing the Chinese City. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-231-21101-7.
- ^ "Meet Han Zheng, the man just appointed China's new vice-president". South China Morning Post. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ 韩正辞去上海市市长职务 杨雄任上海市代市长 [Han Zheng resigns as mayor of Shanghai; Yang Xiong appointed acting mayor of Shanghai]. Eastday (in Chinese). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ Areddy, James T. (2017-01-20). "Shanghai Government Names Ying Yong Mayor". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Shanghai set to endorse Gong Zheng as its new mayor". 20 March 2020.