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Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
上海市人民政府市长
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Flag of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent
Gong Zheng
since 23 March 2020
Shanghai Municipal People's Government
TypeHead of government
Reports toShanghai Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee
NominatorPresidium of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
AppointerShanghai Municipal People's Congress
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Inaugural holderChen Yi
Formation28 May 1949
DeputyDeputy Mayors
Secretary-General

The mayor of Shanghai, officially the Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, is the head of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Shanghai Committee.

Republic of China

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No. Officeholder Term of office
Took office Left office
Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government
1 Huang Fu
(1883–1936) 		7 July 1927 14 August 1927
– Wu Zhenxiu
(1883–1966) 		15 August 1927 16 September 1927
2 Zhang Dingfan
(1891–1945) 		17 September 1927 31 March 1929
3 Zhang Qun
(1889–1990) 		1 April 1929 29 June 1930
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government
(3) Zhang Qun
(1889–1990) 		1 July 1930 6 January 1932
4 Wu Tiecheng
(1893–1953) 		7 January 1932 31 March 1937
5 Yu Hung-chun
(1898–1960) 		1 April 1937 13 August 1945

Mayors under Japanese occupation

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No. Officeholder Term of office
Took office Left office
Mayor of the Great Way Municipal Government of Shanghai
1 Su Xiwen
(1889–1945) 		5 December 1937 27 April 1938
Supervisor of the Shanghai Municipal Great Way Office
(1) Su Xiwen
(1889–1945) 		28 April 1938 15 October 1938
Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government
2 Fu Xiaoan
(1872–1940) 		16 October 1938 11 October 1940
– Su Xiwen
(1889–1945) 		11 October 1940 19 November 1940
3 Chen Gongbo
(1892–1946) 		20 November 1940 11 November 1944
– Wu Songgao
(1898–1953) 		12 November 1944 14 January 1945
4 Zhou Fohai
(1897–1948) 		15 January 1944 12 September 1945

Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government (after World War II)

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No. Officeholder Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
1 Qian Dajun

(1893–1982)

12 September 1945 19 May 1946 Kuomintang
2 K. C. Wu

(1903–1984)

20 May 1946 30 April 1949
3 Chen Liang

(1896–1994)

1 May 1949 24 May 1949
– Zhao Zukang

(1900–1995)

24 May 1949 28 May 1949

People's Republic of China

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No. Officeholder Term of office Political party Ref.
Took office Left office
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
1 Chen Yi
(1901–1972) 		28 May 1949 February 1955 Chinese Communist Party
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Committee
(1) Chen Yi
(1901–1972) 		February 1955 November 1958 Chinese Communist Party
2 Ke Qingshi
(1902–1965) 		November 1958 April 1965
3 Cao Diqiu
(1909–1976) 		November 1965 February 1967
Director of the Shanghai People's Commune Interim Committee
4 Zhang Chunqiao
(1917–2005) 		February 1967 February 1967 Chinese Communist Party
Director of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee
(4) Zhang Chunqiao
(1917–2005) 		February 1967 October 1976 Chinese Communist Party
5 Su Zhenhua
(1912–1979) 		October 1976 January 1979
6 Peng Chong
(1915–2010) 		January 1979 December 1979
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
(6) Peng Chong
(1915–2010) 		December 1979 March 1980 Chinese Communist Party
7 Wang Daohan
(1915–2005) 		April 1981 July 1985
8 Jiang Zemin
(1926–2022) 		July 1985 April 1988
9 Zhu Rongji
(born 1928) 		April 1988 April 1991 [1]
10 Huang Ju
(1938–2007) 		April 1991 February 1995
11 Xu Kuangdi
(born 1936) 		February 1995 December 2001 [2]
12 Chen Liangyu
(born 1944) 		December 2001 February 2003
13 Han Zheng
(born 1955) 		February 2003 26 December 2012 [3]
14 Yang Xiong
(1953–2021) 		26 December 2012 17 January 2017 [4]
15 Ying Yong
(born 1957) 		20 January 2017 13 February 2020 [5]
16 Gong Zheng
(born 1960) 		23 March 2020 Incumbent [6]

References

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  1. ^ Mufson, Steven (5 March 1998). "Economic Pragmatist to Be China Premier". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. ^ Hu, Richard (2023). Reinventing the Chinese City. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-231-21101-7.
  3. ^ "Meet Han Zheng, the man just appointed China's new vice-president". South China Morning Post. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  4. ^ 韩正辞去上海市市长职务 杨雄任上海市代市长 [Han Zheng resigns as mayor of Shanghai; Yang Xiong appointed acting mayor of Shanghai]. Eastday (in Chinese). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  5. ^ Areddy, James T. (2017-01-20). "Shanghai Government Names Ying Yong Mayor". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  6. ^ "Shanghai set to endorse Gong Zheng as its new mayor". 20 March 2020.
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