The Counsellors' Office of the State Council () is an advisory agency directly under the State Council of People's Republic of China. The Central Institute of Culture and History () is a research institute led by the same leadership and located in the same building. They are regarded as the official government think tanks.
Members The counsellors and the researchers are appointed by the Premier of the State Council.
Leadership The Office is led by a Chairman Wang Zhongwei, joined by three Vice Chairmen: Wang Weimin, Zhao Bing, Zhang Yantong. The institute is led by a President: Yuan Xingpei, with a Vice President: Feng Yuan
Directors NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeGuo Chuntao16 December 194930 June 1950Liao LuyanSeptember 1950December 1952Sun ZhiyuanDecember 1952November 1954Tao XijinNovember 1954August 1959Zeng YifanAugust 1959May 1967Liu YiJuly 1977July 1982Zheng SiyuanFebruary 1983November 1985Wu QingtongNovember 1985September 1990Chang JieSeptember 1990December 1996Xu ZhijianDecember 1996January 2003Cui ZhanfuJanuary 2003March 2008Chen JinyuMarch 2008June 2015Wang ZhongweiJune 2015May 2021Gao YuMay 2021Incumbent
Counsellors Counsellors receive the title of Counsellor of the State Council. There are 56 counsellors:
Liu Zhiren Huang Dangshi Xu Songling Liu Xiuchen Zhu Weijiu Zhang Yuanfang Zhang Hongtao Chen Quansheng Wang Guohua Cai Keqin Li Qingyun Liu Yanhua Zhang Kangkang Xia Bin Xu Lin Ma Li Tang Min Liu Huan Shi Yinhong Xu Yifan Deng Xiaohong He Xingliang Du Xuefang Deng Xiaonan Lin Yifu Du Ying Xie Boyang Li Yuguang Zhang Yuping Lin Yongjun Qian Yingyi Qiu Baoxing Fang Ning Wang Jingsheng Zhen Zhen Wang Huiyao Zhang Hongwu Yang Zhongqi Fan Xi’an Li Wu He Xiurong Shi Yong He Maochun Ke Jinhua Xu Shuyu Hu Peiyuan
Research Fellows Research Fellows are members of the Counsellors' Office. There are 23 fellows:
Tan Xiaoying Xu Xiaodong Wang Zhan Cai Laixing Cai Wanghuai Yao Jingyuan Li Kenong Feng Zhijun Wang Jingxia Yu Liang Yu Dan He Jiankun Li Chunyou Wang Dongjin Che Shujian Zhang Xinsheng Hu Heli Yang Limin Yin Chengjie Zhang Yuxiang Wu Yin Bao Hong Xi Jieying Yao Hong Tao Dawei Cao Erbao Bian Zhenjia Huang Yi Xie Weihe Xu Dingming Qin Xiaoming Huang Yao
Researchers Researchers are members of the Central Institute of Culture and History. There are 59 researchers:
Sun Ji Cheng Yizhong Chen Yaoguang Hou Dechang Yang Tianshi Du Naisong Cheng Xi Bai Shaofan Huo Da Ouyang Zhongshi Fu Xinian Zhao Rengui Shen Peng Li Xueqin Jin Shangyi Shu Yi Han Meilin Jin Hongjun Chen Gaohua Jin Moru Fan Jinshi Yang Yanwen Zhang Lichen Guo Yizong Song Yugui Wang Liping Xue Yongnian Yang Lizhou Long Rui Pan Gongkai Rao Zongyi Zi Zhongyun Wang Meng Li Binghua Chen Zuwu Nima Zeren Zhao Derun Cheng Dali Dai Yi Ma Zhensheng Liu Mengxi Tao Siyan Yang Fujia Liang Xiaosheng Ye Jiaying Wang Yongyan Liu Dajun Chen Lai Wu Jingshan Li Yan Li Xiaoke Li Qiankuan Zhang Daning Zhong Chengxiang An Jiayao Tian Qing Chen Xiaoguang Wu Jiang Fan Di’an Chen Pingyuan
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