Politics of Shanghai


The Politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. In the last few decades the city has produced many of the country's eventual senior leaders, including Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji, Wu Bangguo, and Huang Ju.

Overview

The Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government is the highest ranking executive official in Shanghai. Since Shanghai is a direct-controlled municipality of China, the Mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Shanghai CPC Party Chief" in English.
Before 1941, Shanghai had a split administration: the International Settlement, the French Concession, and the Chinese City. The Chinese city was invaded by the Japanese in 1937 and the foreign concessions were occupied by the Japanese in 1941. After the occupation, the foreign powers formally ceded the territory to the Nationalist Government in Chongqing.

List of provincial-level leaders

Secretaries of the Communist Party">Communist Party of China">Communist Party Shanghai Committee

Mayors of Shanghai

Prior to the establishment of the office of Mayor of Shanghai, the city's administration was overseen by the circuit intendant. The office was abolished at the fall of the Qing.
MayorTermNotes
Huang Fu7 July 1927 - April 1929First mayor of Shanghai.
Zhang Qun1 April 1929 - 6 January 1932
Wu TiechengJanuary 1932 - April 1937
Yu Hung-chunApril 1937 - November 1937Fled city following fall of Shanghai to the Empire of Japan in the Battle of Shanghai.
Chen GongboNovember 1940 - December 1944Japanese collaborationist
Zhou FohaiDecember 1944 - August 1945last Japanese collaborationist mayor, arrested by Kuomintang forces
K. C. WuAugust 1945 - May 1949last Kuomintang mayor, fled after communist takeover
Chen YiMay 1949 — November 1958military commander
Ke QingshiNovember 1958 — 9 April 1965-
Cao DiqiuDecember 1965 — 24 February 1967purged during the Cultural Revolution
Zhang Chunqiao24 February 1967 — October 1976Chairman of Shanghai Revolutionary Committee
Member of Gang of Four, sentenced for treason
Su ZhenhuaNovember 1976 — 7 February 1979Chairman of Shanghai Revolutionary Committee
Peng Chong7 February 1979 — April 1981De facto head from late 1976.
Wang DaohanApril 1981 — July 1985Jiang mentor
Jiang ZeminJuly 1985 — April 1988Promoted to party chief
Zhu RongjiApril 1988 — April 1991Promoted to party chief
Huang JuApril 1991 — February 1995Promoted to party chief
Xu KuangdiFebruary 1995 — 7 December 2001Demoted
Chen Liangyu7 December 2001 — 21 February 2003Promoted to party chief
Han Zheng21 February 2003 — 26 December 2012Concurrently acting party chief 2006-2007, promoted to party chief in 2012
Yang Xiong26 December 2012 — 17 January 2017
Ying Yong20 January 2017 — 12 February 2020
Gong Zheng23 March 2020 —

Chairpersons of [Shanghai People's Congress]

  1. Yan Youmin : 1979－1981
  2. Hu Lijiao : 1981－1988
  3. Ye Gongqi : 1988－1998
  4. Chen Tiedi : 1998－2003
  5. Gong Xueping : 2003－2008
  6. Liu Yungeng : 2008－2013
  7. Yin Yicui : 2013－2020
  8. Jiang Zhuoqing : 2020－incumbent

    Chairpersons of the Political Conference">Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference">Political Conference Shanghai Committee

  9. Ke Qingshi : 1955－1958
  10. Chen Pixian : 1958－1967
  11. Peng Chong : 1977－1979
  12. Wang Yiping : 1979－1983
  13. Prof. Li Guohao : 1983－1988
  14. Prof. Xie Xide : 1988－1993
  15. Chen Tiedi : 1993－1998
  16. Wang Liping : 1998－2003
  17. Jiang Yiren : 2003－2008
  18. Feng Guoqin : 2008－2013
  19. Wu Zhiming : 2013－2018
  20. Dong Yunhu : 2018－incumbent