Governor of Zhejiang

Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
浙江省人民政府省长
Incumbent
Liu Jie
Acting 
since 18 December 2024
Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
TypeHead of government
Reports toZhejiang Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
NominatorPresidium of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress
AppointerZhejiang Provincial People's Congress
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Inaugural holderTan Zhenlin
FormationAugust 1949
DeputyDeputy Governors
Secretary-General

The governor of Zhejiang, officially the Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, is the head of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Zhejiang Committee.

Leader offices

Title Existence
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government 1949–1955
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee 1955–1967
Director of the Committee for the People's Liberation Army Control of Zhejiang Province 1967–1968
Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Revolutionary Committee 1968–1979
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government 1979–present

Republic of China

Beiyang government

Military governor

Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Tang Shouqian

(1856–1917)

5 November 1911 1 January 1912 Independent
Jiang Zungui

(1882–1931)

1 January 1912 July 1912 Tongmenghui
Unity Party
Zhu Rui

(1909–1996)

23 July 1912 12 April 1916 Republican Party
Independent
Qu Yingguang

(1883–1973)

April 1916 May 1916 Independent
Vacant May 1916 July 1916 Independent
Lü Gongwang

(1879–1954)

July 1916 January 1917 Independent
Yang Shande

(1873–1919)

January 1917 August 1919 Independent
Lu Yongxiang

(1867–1933)

August 1919 September 1924 Independent
Sun Chuanfang

(1885–1935)

20 September 1924 17 February 1927 Independent

Civilian governor

Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Jiang Zungui

(1882–1931)

1 January 1912 July 1912 Tongmenghui

Unity Party

Qu Yingguang

(1883–1973)

August 1912 May 1916 Independent
Vacant May 1916 July 1916
Lü Gongwang

(1883–1973)

July 1916 January 1917 Independent
Qi Yaoshan

(1865–1954)

January 1918 June 1920 Independent
Shen Jinjian

(1875–1924)

24 June 1920 22 October 1922 Independent
Zhang Zaiyang

(1874–1945)

October 1922 September 1924 Independent
Xia Chao

(1882–1926)

September 1924 October 1926 Independent
Chen Yi

(1883–1950)

October 1926 December 1926 Independent

Nationalist government

Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Zhang Renjie

(1877–1950)

27 April 1927 4 October 1927 Kuomintang
He Yingqin

(1890–1987)

5 October 1927 7 November 1928
Zhang Renjie

(1877–1950)

7 November 1928 4 December 1930
Zhang Nanxian

(1873–1968)

4 December 1930 15 December 1931
Lu Diping

(1887–1935)

15 December 1931 12 December 1932
Huang Shaohong

(1893–1963)

12 December 1932 25 July 1936
Bai Chongxi

(1893–1966)

25 July 1936 6 September 1936
Huang Shaohong

(1893–1963)

6 September 1936 2 December 1936
Zhu Jiahua

(1893–1963)

2 December 1936 26 November 1937
Huang Shaohong

(1893–1963)

26 November 1937 26 March 1946
Wang Ruikai

(1875–1941)

22 June 1938 24 January 1941 Kuomintang (Wang Jingwei)
Mei Siping

(1896–1946)

February 1941 August 1941
Fu Shishuo

(1891–1947)

August 1941 September 1944
Xiang Zhizhuang

(1894–1946)

September 1944 May 1945
Ding Mocun

(1901–1947)

May 1945 16 August 1945
Shen Honglie

(1882–1969)

26 March 1946 22 June 1948 Kuomintang
Chen Yi

(1883–1950)

22 June 1948 21 February 1949
Zhou Yu

(1895–1953)

21 February 1949 6 December 1949
Shi Jue

(1908–1986)

7 December 1949 13 May 1950
Hu Zongnan

(1896–1962)

August 1951 23 July 1953
Zhong Song

(1900–1995)

August 1953 September 1954

People's Republic of China

No. Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
1 Tan Zhenlin

(1902–1983)

August 1949 January 1955 Chinese Communist Party
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee
2 Sha Wenhan

(1908–1964)

January 1955 November 1957 Chinese Communist Party
2 Huo Shilian

(1909–1996)

November 1957 January 1958
3 Zhou Jianren

(1888–1984)

January 1958 January 1967
Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Control Committee of the People's Liberation Army
4 Long Qian

(1913–1992)

January 1967 August 1967 Chinese Communist Party
5 Nan Ping

(1918–1989)

August 1967 March 1968
Director of the Zhejiang Revolutionary Committee
(5) Nan Ping

(1918–1989)

March 1968 May 1973 Chinese Communist Party
6 Tan Qilong

(1913–2003)

May 1973 February 1977
7 Tie Ying

(1916–2009)

February 1977 December 1979
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
8 Li Fengping

(1912–2008)

December 1979 April 1983 Chinese Communist Party
9 Xue Ju

(1922–2024)

April 1983 January 1988
10 Shen Zulun

(1931–2023)

February 1988[1] January 1988
11 Ge Hongsheng

(1931–2020)

November 1990[2] March 1991
12 Wan Xueyuan

(born 1941)

March 1991 April 1997
13 Chai Songyue

(born 1941)

April 1997[3] October 2002
14 Xi Jinping

(born 1953)

October 2002 January 2003
15 Lü Zushan

(born 1946)

January 2003[4] August 2011
16 Xia Baolong

(born 1952)

16 January 2012 21 December 2012
17 Li Qiang

(born 1959)

21 December 2012[5] 4 July 2016
18 Che Jun

(born 1955)

4 July 2016[6] 28 April 2017
19 Yuan Jiajun

(born 1962)

28 April 2017[7] 4 September 2020
20 Zheng Shanjie

(born 1961)

4 September 2020[8] 30 September 2021
21 Wang Hao

(born 1963)

30 September 2021[9] 18 December 2024
21 Liu Jie

(born 1970)
(acting)

18 December 2024 Incumbent

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