The politics of Chongqing

Chongqing

Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...

is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 (PRC).

The Mayor of Chongqing is the highest ranking official in the People's Government of Chongqing. Since Chongqing is a centrally administered municipality, the mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Chongqing Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

 Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Chongqing CPC Party chief".

Republic of China

1. Pan Wenhua
   Pan Wenhua
   Pan Wenhua was a Kuomintang general from Sichuan, China.-Biography:Born in Renshou County, Sichuan in 1885, Pan was the Command of the 28th Division of the National Revolutionary Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War...
   
    (潘文华): November 1927-July 1935
2. Zhang Biguo (张必果): July 1935-April 1936
3. Li Hongkun (李宏锟): April 1936-August 1938
4. Jiang Zhicheng (蒋志澄): August 1938-May 1939
5. He Guoguang (贺国光): May 1939-December 1939
6. Wu Guozhen (吴国桢): December 1939-December 1942
7. He Yaozu (贺耀祖): December 1942-November 1945
8. Zhang Dulun (张笃伦): November 1945-April 1948
9. Yang Sen (杨森): April 1948-November 1949

People's Republic of China

1. Chen Xilian
   Chen Xilian
   Chen Kaichu, better known by the nom de guerre Chen Xilian was a general of People's Liberation Army of China and a member of the Central Committee Politburo....
   
    (陈锡联): December 1949- September 1950
2. Cao Diqiu (曹荻秋): January 1951-January 1955
3. Ren Baige (任白戈): January 1955-July 1966
4. Lan Yinong (蓝亦农): May 1967-December 1968
5. Duan Siying (段思英): December 1968-1969
6. He Yunfeng (何云峰): 1969-December 1973
7. Lu Dadong (鲁大东): December 1973-1978
8. Qian Min (钱敏): May 1978-August 1978
9. Ding Changhe (丁长河): August 1978-March 1980
10. Yu Hanqing (于汉卿): March 1980-May 1985
11. Xiao Yang
    Xiao Yang (1929–1998)
    Xiao Yang , born as Chen Zheng , was a politician of the People's Republic of China.-Biography:Xiao Yang was born in Langzhong, Sichuan in 1929...
    
     (肖秧): May 1985-August 1988
12. Sun Tongchuan (孙同川): August 1988-April 1993
13. Liu Zhizhong (刘志忠): May 1993 -September 1996
14. Pu Haiqing (蒲海清): September 1996-June 1999
15. Bao Xuding (包叙定): June 1999-October 2002
16. Wang Hongju
    Wang Hongju
    Wang Hongju is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He has been the mayor of Chongqing, one of four provincial-level municipalities in China, from 2003 to November 2009. He served alongside Bo Xilai, who controls the party committee in the municipality.-Biography:Born in Chongqing, Wang...
    
     (王鸿举): October 2002-November 2009
17. Huang Qifan (黄奇帆): November 2009-incumbent

List of the CPC Chongqing Committee Secretaries

1. Chen Xilian
   Chen Xilian
   Chen Kaichu, better known by the nom de guerre Chen Xilian was a general of People's Liberation Army of China and a member of the Central Committee Politburo....
   
    (陈锡联): 1949-1950
2. Zhang Linzhi (张霖之): 1950-1952
3. Cao Diqiu (曹荻秋): 1952-1954
4. ...
5. Qian Min (钱敏): 1977-1978
6. Ding Changhe (丁长河)
7. Wang Qian (王谦): 1981-1985
8. Liao Bokang (廖伯康): 1985-1988
9. Xiao Yang (肖殃): 1988-1993
10. Sun Tongchuan (孙同川): 1993-1995
11. Zhang Delin (张德邻): 1995-June 1999　
12. He Guoqiang
    He Guoqiang
    He Guoqiang is a high-ranking government official in the government of the People's Republic of China. Currently he is the eighth ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee, and the head of the new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection....
    
    : June 1999-October 2002　
13. Huang Zhendong (黄镇东): October 2002-December 2005
14. Wang Yang
    Wang Yang (politician)
    Wang Yang is the current Secretary of the Guangdong Committee of the Communist Party of China, the southern Chinese province's top office. He served as the party chief of Chongqing, an interior municipality, from 2005-2007...
    
     (汪洋): December 2005-December 2007
15. Bo Xilai
    Bo Xilai
    Bo Xilai is the Communist Party of China Chongqing Committee Secretary, first-in-charge of the Western interior municipality and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China...
    
     (薄熙来): December 2007-

List of Chairmen of Chongqing People's Congress

1. Wang Yunlong (王云龙): 1997-2002
2. Huang Zhendong (黄镇东): 2003-2005
3. Wang Yang
   Wang Yang (politician)
   Wang Yang is the current Secretary of the Guangdong Committee of the Communist Party of China, the southern Chinese province's top office. He served as the party chief of Chongqing, an interior municipality, from 2005-2007...
   
    (汪洋): 2006-incumbent

List of Chairmen of CPPCC Chongqing Committee

1. Zhang Wenbin (张文彬): 1997-2003
2. Liu Zhizhong (刘志忠): 2003-incumbent