The minister of ecology and environment of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is fifteenth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.
The current minister is Huang Runqiu, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.
List of ministers No.NameTook officeLeft officeDirector of State Environmental Protection Agency1Qu Geping1987June 19932Xie ZhenhuaJune 1993March 1998Director of State Environmental Protection AdministrationXie ZhenhuaMarch 1998December 20053Zhou ShengxianDecember 2005March 2008Minister of Environmental ProtectionZhou ShengxianMarch 2008February 20154Chen JiningFebruary 2015June 20175Li GanjieJune 2017March 2018Minister of Ecology and EnvironmentLi GanjieMarch 2018April 2020Huang RunqiuApril 2020Incumbent
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