Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

The vice chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress are deputies to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, responsible for assisting the chairman in his work.

The vice chairpersons are formally nominated by the Presidium of the NPC during a session and approved by the delegations of the NPC, though in reality are chosen within the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The chairman, vice chairpersons and the secretary-general of the NPCSC collectively constitute the Council of Chairpersons. A vice chairperson may be delegated to exercise some of the chairman's powers by the chairman. In the case that the chairman becomes incapacitated, NPCSC temporarily elects one of the vice chairpersons until the chairman is able to resume their work or a new chairman is elected by the NPC. Since 1982, vice chairpersons are appointed for a term of five years, and cannot serve for more than two terms.

List of vice chairpersons Current Name(birth)Ethnic nameChinese name Portrait Gender Ethnicity PartyPost Took office Tenure Congress Term(s) Other post(s) hold meantimeduring the tenure Li Hongzhong(born 1966)李鸿忠 Male Han CCP 10 March 2023 14th Wang Dongming(born 1956)王东明 Male Han CCP 17 March 2018 13th, 14th Chairman, All-China Federation of Trade Unions (2018–) Xiao Jie(born 1957)肖捷 Male Han CCP 10 March 2023 14th Zheng Jianbang(born 1957)郑建邦 Male Han RCCKChairman2022– 10 March 2023 14th Ding Zhongli(born 1957)丁仲礼 Male Han CDLChairman2017– 17 March 2018 13th, 14th Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences;President, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Hao Mingjin(born 1956)郝明金 Male Han CNDCAChairman2017– 17 March 2018 13th, 14th Cai Dafeng(born 1960)蔡达峰 Male Han CAPDChairman2017– 17 March 2018 13th, 14th He Wei(born 1955)何维 Male Han CPWDPChairman2022– 10 March 2023 14th Wu Weihua(born 1956)武维华 Male Han JSChairman2017– 17 March 2018 13th, 14th Tie Ning(born 1957)铁凝 Female Han CCP 10 March 2023 14th Peng Qinghua(born 1957)彭清华 Male Han CCP 10 March 2023 14th Zhang Qingwei(born 1961)张庆伟 Male Han CCP 10 March 2023 14th Losang Jamcan(born 1957)洛桑江村 Male Tibetan CCP 10 March 2023 14th (born 1953)雪克来提·扎克尔 Male Uyghur CCP 10 March 2023 14th

Historical Name(birth–death)Ethnic nameChinese name Portrait Gender Ethnicity PartyPost Took office Left office Tenure Congress Term(s) Other post(s) hold meantimeduring the tenure Soong Ching-ling(1893–1981)宋庆龄 Female Han RCCK 27 September 1954 28 April 1959 1st Vice Chairwoman, 2nd National Committee, CPPCC (1954–1959) RCCK 17 January 1975 29 May 1981 (death) 4th, 5th Head of state, PRC, as Acting Chairwoman, 4th NPCSC (6 July 1976 – 5 March 1978, );Honorary Chairwoman, PRC (since 16 May 1981) CCP(since 15 May 1981) Lin Boqu(1886–1960)林伯渠 Male Han CCPPolitburo1945–1960 27 September 1954 29 May 1960 (death) 1st, 2nd Li Jishen(1885–1959)李济深 Male Han RCCKChairman1948–1959 27 September 1954 9 October 1959 1st, 2nd Zhang Lan(1872–1955)张澜 Male Han CDLChairman1941–1955 27 September 1954 9 February 1955 1st Luo Ronghuan(1902–1963)罗荣桓 Male Han CCP 27 September 1954 16 December 1963 1st, 2nd Shen Junru(1875–1963)沈钧儒 Male Han CDLChairman1955–1963 27 September 1954 11 June 1963 1st, 2nd Guo Moruo(1892–1978)郭沫若 Male Han CCP 27 September 1954 12 June 1978 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,5th President, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1949–1978);President, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (1949–1979) Huang Yanpei(1878–1965)黄炎培 Male Han CNDCAChairman1945–1965 27 September 1954 21 December 1965 1st, 2nd, 3rd CDLCo-Founder Peng Zhen(1902–1997)彭真 Male Han CCPPolitburo1945–1966 27 September 1954 17 January 1975 1st, 2nd, 3rd Secretary-General, 1st & 2nd NPCSCs (1954–1965) CCPPolitburo1979–1987 1 July 1979 18 June 1983 5th Li Weihan(1896–1984)李维汉 Male Han CCP 27 September 1954 3 January 1965 1st, 2nd Chen Shutong(1876–1966)陈叔通 Male Han Non-partisan 27 September 1954 17 February 1966 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tenzin Gyatso(born 1935)达赖喇嘛·丹增嘉措 Male Monguor Non-partisan 27 September 1954 3 January 1965 1st, 2nd Dalai LamaChairman, Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region (1956–1959) (1915–2003)赛福鼎·艾则孜 Male Uyghur CCPPolitburo (Alternate)1973–1982 27 September 1954 27 March 1993 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,5th, 6th, 7th Chairman, CPPCC Xinjiang Committee;First Secretary, CCP Xinjiang Committee;Director, Xinjiang Revolutionary Committee Cheng Qian(1882–1968)程潜 Male Han RCCKVice-Chairman 11 February 1958 5 April 1968 1st, 2nd, 3rd Governor of Hunan (1952–1967) Choekyi Gyaltsen, Panchen Erdeni(1938–1989)班禅额尔德尼·却吉坚赞 Male Tibetan Non-partisan 27 September 1954 27 April 1959 2nd First Vice-Chairman and later Acting Chairman, Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region (1956–1964) 10 September 1980 28 January 1989 5th, 6th, 7th Honorary President, Buddhist Association of China; He Xiangning(1878–1972)何香凝 Female Han RCCKChairwoman1960–1972 27 April 1959 1 September 1972 2nd, 3rd Liu Bocheng(1892–1986)刘伯承 Male Han CCP 27 April 1959 10 September 1980 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Lin Feng(1906–1977)林枫 Male Han CCP 27 April 1959 17 January 1975 2nd, 3rd, 4th President, CCP Central Party School (1963–1966) Li Jingquan(1908–1989)李井泉 Male Han CCP 3 January 1965 1966 3rd 17 January 1975 1982 4th, 5th Kang Sheng(1898–1975)康生 Male Han CCPVice-Chairman1973–1975 3 January 1965 16 December 1975 3rd, 4th Li Xuefeng(1907–2003)李雪峰 Male Han CCP 3 January 1965 17 January 1975 3rd Xu Xiangqian(1901–1990)徐向前 Male Han CCP 3 January 1965 5 March 1978 3rd, 4th Liu Ningyi(1907–1994)刘宁一 Male Han CCP 3 January 1965 17 January 1975 3rd Secretary-General, 3rd NPCSC (1965–1975) Zhang Zhizhong(1890–1969)张治中 Male Han RCCKVice-Chairman 3 January 1965 6 April 1969 3rd Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme(1910–2009)阿沛·阿旺晋美 Male Tibetan Non-partisan 3 January 1965 27 March 1993 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th,7th Zhou Jianren(1888–1984)周建人 Male Han CAPDChairman1979–1984 3 January 1965 10 September 1980 3rd, 4th, 5th Governor of Zhejiang (1958–1966) CCP Dong Biwu(1886–1975)董必武 Male Han CCP 17 January 1975 2 April 1975 (death) 4th Wu De(1913–1995)吴德 Male Han CCP 17 January 1975 16 April 1980 4th, 5th Wei Guoqing(1913–1989)韦国清 Male Zhuang CCP 17 January 1975 14 June 1989