The secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Jiangsu.
The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee, and is usually a member of the CCP Central Committee. The secretary leads the work of the Provincial Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary is outranks the governor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.
The current secretary is Xin Changxing, who took office on 3 January 2023.
List of party secretaries ImageNameTerm startTerm end1Ke Qingshi (1902–1965)November 1952August 19542Jiang Weiqing (1910–2000)August 19541967Cultural Revolution Interregnum196719703Xu Shiyou (1906–1985)December 1970January 19744Peng Chong (1915–2010)January 1974February 19775Xu Jiatun (1916–2016)February 1977April 19836Han Peixin (1921–2017)April 1983December 19897Shen Daren (1928–2017)December 1989September 19938Chen Huanyou (born 1934)September 1993December 19999Hui Liangyu (born 1944)December 1999December 200210Li Yuanchao (born 1950)December 2002October 200711Liang Baohua (born 1945)October 20076 December 201012Luo Zhijun (born 1951)6 December 201030 June 201613Li Qiang (born 1959)30 June 201629 October 201714Lou Qinjian (born 1956)29 October 201719 October 202115Wu Zhenglong (born 1964)19 October 202128 December 202216Xin Changxing (born 1963)3 January 2023Incumbent
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