The governor of Sichuan, officially the Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, is the head of Sichuan Province and leader of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Sichuan 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 Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Sichuan Committee. The current governor is Shi Xiaolin, who took office on 4 July 2024.
List of governors
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government1Li JingquanAugust 1952January 1955Chinese Communist PartyGovernor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Committee2Li DazhangJanuary 1955May 1968Chinese Communist PartyDirector of the Sichuan Revolutionary Committee3Zhang GuohuaMay 1968February 1972Chinese Communist Party4Liu XingyuanFebruary 1972October 19755Zhao ZiyangOctober 1975December 1979Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government6Lu DadongDecember 1979December 19827Yang XizongDecember 1982May 19858Jiang MinkuanMay 1985January 1988Chinese Communist Party9Zhang HaoruoJanuary 1988February 199310Xiao YangFebruary 1993February 199611Song BaoruiFebruary 1996June 199911Zhang ZhongweiJune 1999January 200712Jiang JufengJanuary 2007January 201313Wei Hong29 January 201322 January 201614Yin Li29 January 20162 December 202015Huang Qiang2 December 202028 June 202416Shi Xiaolin4 July 2024Incumbent
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