Politics of Tianjin

The politics of Tianjin is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

The Mayor of Tianjin is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Tianjin. Since Tianjin is a direct-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 Tianjin Chinese Communist Party Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Tianjin CCP Party Chief".

List of secretaries of the Tianjin Communist Party Committee

Main article: Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

#	Name	Tenure	Notes
1	Huang Kecheng	January 1949 – June 1949	General
2	Huang Jing	June 1949 – April 1953	Father of Yu Zhengsheng
3	Huang Huoqing	April 1953 – June 1958
4	Wan Xiaotang	June 1958 – September 1966	Died in office, criticized during Cultural Revolution, later rehabilitated.
5	Xie Xuegong	January 1967 – June 1978	Chairman of the Tianjin Revolutionary Committee
6	Lin Hujia	June 1978 – October 1978
7	Chen Weida	October 1978 – October 1984
8	Ni Zhifu	October 1984 – September 1987
9	Li Ruihuan	September 1987 – October 1989	Later Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Politburo Standing Committee (1992–2002)
10	Tan Shaowen	October 1989 – February 1993	Died in office
–	Nie Bichu	February 1993 – March 1993	Acting
11	Gao Dezhan	March 1993 – August 1997
12	Zhang Lichang	August 1997 – March 2007
13	Zhang Gaoli	March 2007 – November 2012	Politburo Standing Committee (2012–) Vice Premier (2013–)
14	Sun Chunlan	November 2012 – December 2014	First female party chief
–	Huang Xingguo	December 2014 – September 2016	Acting; Sacked, found guilty of corruption, sentenced to prison
15	Li Hongzhong	September 2016 – December 2022
16	Chen Min'er	December 2022 - present

List of chairmen of Tianjin People's Congress

1. Yan Dakai (阎达开): June 1980－April 1983
2. Zhang Zaiwang (张再旺): April 1983－May 1988
3. Wu Zhen (吴振): May 1988－June 1993
4. Nie Bichu (聂璧初): June 1993－May 1998
5. Zhang Lichang: May 1998－January 2003
6. Fang Fengyou (房凤友): January 2003－January 2006
7. Liu Shengyu (刘胜玉): January 2006－January 2011
8. Xiao Huaiyuan (肖怀远): January 2011－January 2018
9. Duan Chunhua (段春华): January 2018－January 2023
10. Yu Yunlin (喻云林): January 2023－present

List of mayors of Tianjin

1. Huang Jing (黄敬): January 1949-August 1952
2. Wu De (吴德): October 1952-January 1955
3. Huang Huoqing(黄火青): January 1955-June 1958
4. Li Gengtao (李耕涛): June 1958-September 1963
5. Hu Zhaoheng (胡昭衡): September 1963 – 1966
6. Xie Xuegong (解学恭): December 1967-June 1978
7. Lin Hujia (林乎加): June 1978-October 1978
8. Chen Weida (陈伟达): October 1978-June 1980
9. Hu Qili (胡启立): June 1980-April 1982
10. Li Ruihuan(李瑞环): May 1982-November 1989
11. Nie Bichu (聂璧初): November 1989-June 1993
12. Zhang Lichang (张立昌): June 1993-May 1998
13. Li Shenglin (李盛霖): May 1998-December 2002
14. Dai Xianglong (戴相龙): December 2002- December 2007
15. Huang Xingguo (黄兴国): December 2007- September 2016
16. Wang Dongfeng (王东峰): September 2016 - October 2017
17. Zhang Guoqing (张国清): January 2018 – September 2020
18. Liao Guoxun (廖国勋): September 2020 – April 2022
19. Zhang Gong (张工): May 2022 – present

List of chairmen of Tianjin CPPCC Tianjin Committee

1. Huang Huoqing (黄火青): March 1955－March 1960
2. Wan Xiaotang (万晓塘): March 1960－September 1966
3. Xie Xuegong (解学恭): December 1977－July 1979
4. Yan Dakai (阎达开): July 1979－June 1980
5. Huang Zhigang (黄志刚): June 1980－April 1983
6. Chen Bing (陈冰): April 1983－April 1987
7. Wu Zhen (吴振): April 1987－May 1988
8. Tan Shaowen: May 1988－April 1990
9. Liu Jinfeng (刘晋峰): April 1990－May 1998
10. Fang Fengyou (房凤友): May 1998－January 2003
11. Song Pingshun (宋平顺): January 2003－June 2007
12. Xing Yuanmin (邢元敏): January 2008－January 2013
13. He Lifeng: January 2013－May 2014
14. Zang Xianfu (臧献甫): May 2014－March 2018
15. Sheng Maolin (盛茂林): March 2018－January 2023
16. Wang Changsong (王常松): January 2023－present

List of chairmen of Tianjin Supervisory Committee

1. Deng Xiuming (邓修明): January 2018－November 2021
2. Chen Fukuan (陈辐宽): November 2021－present