The secretary of the Chengdu Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Chengdu Municipal 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 Chengdu, which outranks the mayor, conventionally being the deputy secretary of the municipal committee. The secretary is also the leader of the Standing Committee of the Chengdu Municipal Committee.
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 could also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Chengdu Municipal Committee, which the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government.
The current secretary is Cao Lijun, who took office on 28 June 2024.
List of party secretaries
Republic of China
Name (English)Name (Chinese)Tenure beginsTenure endsNoteOctober 1927January 1928January 1928March 1932Party Secretary of Chengdu CountyMarch 1932March 1938Party Secretary of Chenghua DistrictMarch 1938May 1938May 1938July 1938July 1938October 1938October 1938June 1940June 1940March 1941March 1941September 1941September 1941March 1942March 1942May 1946May 1946Autumn of 1947February 1948February 19481950
People's Republic of China Name (English)Name (Chinese)Tenure beginsTenure endsReferencesLi Jingquan12 April 195014 January 1953Hao Deqing14 January 195330 December 195430 December 195429 May 195629 May 1956January 1969January 1969April 1971April 1971August 1974August 1974December 1979December 1979March 1981March 1981May 1983May 1983May 1993May 1993December 1997Tao WuxianDecember 1997December 2000January 2001June 2003Li ChunchengJune 2003November 2011Huang XinchuOctober 2011July 2016Tang LiangzhiJuly 2016March 2017April 2017August 2021Shi Xiaolin29 August 202128 June 2024Cao Lijun28 June 2024Incumbent
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