The Politics of Guangdong

Guangdong

Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

follows a dual party-government system like the rest of China's provinces. Guangdong is known for a surge of legislative activism in recent years, often called the Guangdong Phenomenon (Guangdong Xianxiang). The Guangdong Provincial People's Committee has enacted measures to increase democracy and transparency, and exert more control over the financial sector. In a well-publicized case in2000, the Guangdong PPC also harshly criticized the Environmental Protection Bureau for allowing the construction of an electroplating park without a proper environmental impact investigation.

List of Governors

1. Ye Jianying
   Ye Jianying
   Ye Jianying was a Chinese communist general and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983.-Biography:...
   
    (叶剑英), November 1948 - September 1953
2. Tao Zhu
   Tao Zhu
   Tao Zhu is a Former Member of the 8th Communist Party of China Politburo Standing Committee.-Biography:He was Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region....
   
    (陶铸): September 1953 - August 1957
3. Chen Yu 陈郁 (1957-1967)
4. Huang Yongsheng
   Huang Yongsheng
   Huang Yongsheng was a general of the China's People's Liberation Army.Huang Yongsheng was born in Xianning prefecture of Hubei province....
   
    (黄永胜): November 1967 - June 1969
5. Liu Xingyuan (刘兴元): June 1969 - April 1972
6. Ding Sheng (丁盛): April 1972 - April 1974
7. Zhao Ziyang
   Zhao Ziyang
   Zhao Ziyang was a high-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China . He was the third Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1989....
   
    (赵紫阳): April 1974 - October 1975
8. Wei Guoqing
   Wei Guoqing
   Wei Guoqing was a Chinese government official, military officer and political commissar. He served on the Communist Party of China's Politburo and as Director of the People’s Liberation Army’s General Political Department...
   
    (韦国清): October 1975 - January 1979
9. Xi Zhongxun
   Xi Zhongxun
   Xi Zhongxun was a communist revolutionary and a State Councillor of the People's Republic of China. He is considered to be among the first generation of Chinese leadership.-Biography:...
   
    (习仲勋): (1979-1981)
10. Liu Tianfu (刘田夫): (1981-1983)
11. Liang Lingguang (梁灵光): (1983-1985)
12. Ye Xuanping
    Ye Xuanping
    Ye Xuanping is the former Governor of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. He is the son of Ye Jianying, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 1991-2003.-References:...
    
     (叶选平): (1985-1991)
13. Zhu Senlin
    Zhu Senlin
    Zhu Senlin was the sixth Governor of Guangdong in the history of the People's Republic of China and the mayor of Guangzhou. He became the acting governor in 1991 and officially in 1993.-References:...
    
     (朱森林): (1991-1996)
14. Lu Ruihua
    Lu Ruihua
    Lu Ruihua was the seventh Governor of Guangdong in the history of the People's Republic of China.He joined the Communist Party of China in June 1972.- References :...
    
     (卢瑞华): (1996-2003)
15. Huang Huahua
    Huang Huahua
    Huang Huahua is currently the Governor of Guangdong, a southern province of China.Huang graduate of mathematics at Sun Yat-sen University....
    
     (黄华华): (2003-present)

List of Party chiefs

1. Ye Jianying
   Ye Jianying
   Ye Jianying was a Chinese communist general and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983.-Biography:...
   
    (叶剑英): 1949-1955
2. Tao Zhu
   Tao Zhu
   Tao Zhu is a Former Member of the 8th Communist Party of China Politburo Standing Committee.-Biography:He was Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region....
   
    (陶铸): 1955-1965
3. Zhao Ziyang
   Zhao Ziyang
   Zhao Ziyang was a high-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China . He was the third Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1989....
   
    (赵紫阳): 1965-1967
4. Huang Yongsheng
   Huang Yongsheng
   Huang Yongsheng was a general of the China's People's Liberation Army.Huang Yongsheng was born in Xianning prefecture of Hubei province....
   
    (黄永胜): 1968-1969
5. Liu Xingyuan (刘兴元): 1969-1972
6. Ding Sheng (丁盛): 1972-1973
7. Zhao Ziyang
   Zhao Ziyang
   Zhao Ziyang was a high-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China . He was the third Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1989....
   
    (赵紫阳): 1974-1975
8. Wei Guoqing
   Wei Guoqing
   Wei Guoqing was a Chinese government official, military officer and political commissar. He served on the Communist Party of China's Politburo and as Director of the People’s Liberation Army’s General Political Department...
   
    (韦国清): 1975-1978
9. Xi Zhongxun
   Xi Zhongxun
   Xi Zhongxun was a communist revolutionary and a State Councillor of the People's Republic of China. He is considered to be among the first generation of Chinese leadership.-Biography:...
   
    (习仲勋): 1978-1980
10. Ren Zhongyi
    Ren Zhongyi
    Ren Zhongyi was a Chinese politician.-Biography:Ren was born in Wei, Handan, Hebei, China. He was a leader in China's reform period since the late 1970s. He is widely regarded as the bold reformer who led Guangdong to come 'one step ahead' in China's reform...
    
     (任仲夷): 1980-1985
11. Lin Ruo (林若): 1985-1991
12. Xie Fei
    Xie Fei (politician)
    Xie Fei was a politburo member of Communist Party of China, and vice chairman of standing committee of National People's Congress.-Biography:...
    
     (谢非): 1991-1998
13. Li Changchun
    Li Changchun
    Li Changchun is the Propaganda chief of the Communist Party of China. He is the 5th ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, China's de facto top power organ, and has been a member since 2002...
    
     (李长春): (1998-2002)
14. Zhang Dejiang
    Zhang Dejiang
    Zhang Dejiang is a current Vice-Premier and a prominent leader of the Communist Party of China, a member of its Politburo.-Biography:Zhang, a native of Tai'an, Liaoning, attended Yanbian University, where he studied the Korean language. Beginning in August 1978 Zhang attended Kim Il-sung...
    
     (张德江): (2002-2007)
15. Wang Yang (汪洋): (2007-)

List of Chairmen of Guangdong People's Congress

1. Li Jianzhen (李坚真): 1979-1983
2. Luo Tian (罗天): 1983-1990
3. Lin Ruo (林若): 1990-1996
4. Zhu Senlin
   Zhu Senlin
   Zhu Senlin was the sixth Governor of Guangdong in the history of the People's Republic of China and the mayor of Guangzhou. He became the acting governor in 1991 and officially in 1993.-References:...
   
    (朱森林): 1996-2001
5. Zhang Guoying (张帼英): 2001-2003
6. Lu Zhonghe (卢钟鹤): 2003-2005
7. Huang Liman (黄丽满): 2005-January 2008
8. Ou Guangyuan (欧广源): January 2008-incumbent

List of Chairmen of Guangdong CPPCC

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [], shortened as 人民政协, Rénmín Zhèngxié, i.e. "People's PCC"; or just 政协, Zhèngxié, i.e. "The PCC"), abbreviated CPPCC, is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China...

1. Tao Zhu
   Tao Zhu
   Tao Zhu is a Former Member of the 8th Communist Party of China Politburo Standing Committee.-Biography:He was Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region....
   
    (陶铸): 1955-1960　
2. Ou Mengjue (区梦觉): 1960-1967　
3. Wang Shoudao (王首道): 1977.-1979　
4. Yin Linping (尹林平): 1979-1983　
5. Liang Weilin (梁威林): 1983-1985
6. Wu Nansheng (吴南生): 1985-1993　
7. Guo Rongchang (郭荣昌): 1993-2003　
8. Liu Fengyi (刘凤仪): 2003　
9. Chen Shaoji (陈绍基): 2004-April 2009