Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 中国共产党重庆市委员会
Overview
Type	Highest decision-making organ when Chongqing Municipal Congress is not in session.
Elected by	Chongqing Municipal Congress
Length of term	Five years
Term limits	None
First convocation	May 1949
Leadership
Secretary	Yuan Jiajun
Deputy Secretary	Hu Henghua (Mayor) Li Mingqing (Specifically-designated)
Secretary-General	Chen Xinwu
Executive organ	Standing Committee
Inspection organ	Commission for Discipline Inspection
Meeting place
36 Zhongshan 4th Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing

Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese	中国共产党重庆市委员会
Traditional Chinese	中國共產黨重慶市委員會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Chóngqìngshì Wěiyuánhuì
Abbreviation
Simplified Chinese	中共重庆市委
Traditional Chinese	中共重慶市委
Literal meaning	CCP Chongqing Municipal Committee
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnggòng Chóngqìngshì Wěi

The Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Chongqing. The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the municipality. The current secretary is Yuan Jiajun, a member of the CCP Politburo, who succeeded Chen Min'er on 8 December 2022.

History

The Chongqing Municipal Committee was established in May 1949.[1] In June 1997, after Chongqing was split from Sichuan to become a direct-administered municipality, Chongqing Municipal Committee became the municipality's highest administrative agency.[2]

Organization

The organization of the CCP Chongqing Municipal Committee includes:[3]

• General Office

Functional Departments

• Organization Department
• Propaganda Department
• United Front Work Department
• Political and Legal Affairs Commission

Offices

• Policy Research Office
• Office of the National Security Commission
• Office of the Cyberspace Affairs Commission
• Office of the Military-civilian Fusion Development Committee
• Taiwan Work Office
• Office of the Institutional Organization Commission
• Office of the Leading Group for Inspection Work
• Bureau of Veteran Cadres
• Municipal Archives Bureau

Dispatched institutions

• Working Committee of the Organs Directly Affiliated to the Chongqing Municipal Committee

Organizations directly under the Committee

• Chongqing Party School
• Chongqing Daily
• Chongqing Institute of Socialism
• Party History Research Office
• Chongqing Municipal Archives

Leadership

The secretary of the committee is the highest office in Chongqing, being superior to the mayor of the city. Since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the CCP Politburo.[4]

Party Committees

5th Municipal Party Committee (May 2017–May 2022)

• Secretary: Sun Zhengcai (until 14 July 2017, put under investigation), Chen Min'er (from 15 July 2017)
• Deputy Secretaries: Zhang Guoqing (until December 2017), Tang Liangzhi (until December 2021), Ren Xuefeng (October 2018–October 2019, died), Wu Cunrong (from January 2021), Hu Henghua (from December 2021)
• Other Standing Committee members: Zhang Ming (from April 2022), Zeng Qinghong (until 15 September 2017), Chen Yong (until October 2018), Wang Xiangang (until January 2018), Liu Qiang, Chen Luping (until January 2018), Tao Changhai (until January 2018), Du Heping (until January 2018), Hu Wenrong (September 2017December 2020), Li Jing (from December 2017), Han Zhikai (December 2017–February 2021), Wang Fu (January 2018–December 2021), Mo Gongming (from January 2018), Duan Chenggang (from October 2018), Mu Hongyu (November 2018–December 2021), Peng Jinhui, Gao Buming (from February 2021), Li Mingqing (from July 2021), Song Yijia (from March 2022), Chen Mingbo (from March 2022), Jiang Hui (from April 2022), Cai Yunge (from May 2022), Zhang Hongxing (from May 2022)

6th Municipal Party Committee (May 2022–)

• Secretary: Chen Min'er (until 8 December 2022), Yuan Jiajun (from 8 December 2022)
• Deputy Secretaries: Hu Henghua, Li Mingqing
• Other Standing Committee members: Lu Kehua, Song Yijia, Jiang Hui, Cai Yunge, Zhang Hongxing (died on 1 April 2023), Chen Mingbo, Yu Huiwen, Lu Hong, Luo Lin, Wang Yanqi (from October 2023), Chen Xinwu (from July 2023)

Sources:[5]

See also

• Politics of Chongqing

References

1. 重庆市地方志编纂委员会. 总编辑室. 重庆市志: 中国共产党志, 群众团体志, 民主党派志 (in Chinese). 四川大学出版社. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
2. 重庆市地方志编纂委员会 (2007). 重庆年鉴 (in Chinese). 科学技朮文献出版社重庆分社. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
3. 总汇 | 31个省份机构改革方案全部获批（图表）. Sohu. 17 November 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
4. "Decoding Chinese Politics: Party Center". Asia Society. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
5. "中国共产党重庆市第六届委员会书记、副书记、常委简介" [Brief introduction to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Standing Committee Members of the 6th Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]. Sohu (in Chinese). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-19.