List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China

Not to be confused with List of vice premiers of the Republic of China.

This is a list of the vice premiers of the People's Republic of China since 1949.

In the People's Republic of China premiers elected by delegation of the National People's Congress every five years also are limited to two terms.

List of vice premiers

The vice premiership of the PRC was created since the establishment of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949.

Generations of leadership

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No. Portrait First-ranked Vice-Premier NPC Term of office Premiers
Vice Premiers of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government (1949–54) Zhou Enlai
— Dong Biwu
董必武
(1886–1975)
Hubei At-large 		CP 1 October
1949 		15 September
1954
Other Vice-Premiers:
Chen Yun (2nd) Guo Moruo (3rd) Huang Yanpei (4th) Deng Xiaoping (5th)
Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (1954–present)
1 Chen Yun
陈云
(1905–1995)
Shanghai At-large 		I 15 September
1954 		18 April
1959
Other Vice-Premiers:
Lin Biao (2nd), Peng Dehuai (3rd), Deng Xiaoping (4th), Deng Zihui (5th),
He Long (6th), Chen Yi (7th), Ulanhu (8th), Li Fuchun (9th), Li Xiannian (10th)
II 18 April
1959 		21 December
1964
Other Vice-Premiers:
Lin Biao (2nd), Peng Dehuai (3rd), Deng Xiaoping (4th), Deng Zihui (5th), He Long (6th),
Chen Yi (7th), Ulanhu (8th), Li Fuchun (9th), Li Xiannian (10th), Nie Rongzhen (11th),
Bo Yibo (12th), Tan Zhenlin (13th), Lu Dingyi (14th), Luo Ruiqing (15th), Xi Zhongxun (16th)
2 Lin Biao
林彪
(1907–1971)
PLA At-large 		III 21 December
1964 		13 September
1971 (died in office)
Other Vice-Premiers:
Chen Yun (2nd), Deng Xiaoping (3rd), He Long (4th), Chen Yi (5th), Ke Qingshi (6th),
Ulanhu (7th), Li Fuchun (8th), Li Xiannian (9th), Tan Zhenlin (10th), Nie Rongzhen (11th),
Bo Yibo (12th), Lu Dingyi (13th), Luo Ruiqing (14th), Tao Zhu (15th), Xie Fuzhi (16th)
3 Deng Xiaoping
邓小平
(1904–1997)
Beijing At-large 		III
(cont) 		13 September
1971 (acting) 		4 January
1975
Other Vice-Premiers:
Chen Yun (2nd), He Long (3rd), Chen Yi (4th), Ke Qingshi (5th), Ulanhu (6th),
Li Fuchun (7th), Li Xiannian (8th), Tan Zhenlin (9th), Nie Rongzhen (10th), Bo Yibo (11th),
Lu Dingyi (12th), Luo Ruiqing (13th), Tao Zhu (14th), Xie Fuzhi (15th)
IV 4 January
1975 		5 March
1978 		Zhou Enlai
(1975–1976)
Hua Guofeng*
(1976–1978)
Other Vice-Premiers:
Zhang Chunqiao (2nd), Li Xiannian (3rd), Chen Xilian (4th), Ji Dengkui (5th), Hua Guofeng* (6th),
Chen Yonggui (7th), Wu Guixian (8th), Wang Zhen (9th), Yu Qiuli (10th), Gu Mu, Sun Jian (11th)
V 5 March
1978 		10 September
1980 (resigned) 		Hua Guofeng
Other Vice-Premiers:
Li Xiannian (2nd), Xu Xiangqian (3rd), Ji Dengkui (4th), Yu Qiuli (5th), Chen Xilian (6th), Geng Biao (7th),
Chen Yonggui (8th), Fang Yi (9th), Wang Zhen (10th), Gu Mu (11th), Kang Shi'en (12th), Chen Muhua (13th)
4 Wan Li
万里
(1917–2015)
Anhui At-large 		V
(cont) 		10 September
1980 (acting) 		6 June
1983 		Zhao Ziyang
Other Vice-Premiers:
Li Xiannian (2nd), Xu Xiangqian (3rd), Ji Dengkui (4th), Yu Qiuli (5th), Chen Xilian (6th), Geng Biao (7th),
Chen Yonggui (8th), Fang Yi (9th), Wang Zhen (10th), Gu Mu (11th), Kang Shi'en (12th), Chen Muhua (13th)
VI 6 June
1983 		25 March
1988 		Zhao Ziyang
(1980–1987)
Li Peng*
(1987–1988)
Other Vice-Premiers:
Yao Yilin (2nd), Li Peng* (3rd), Tian Jiyun (4th), later: Qiao Shi
5 Yao Yilin
姚依林
(1917–1994)
Jiangxi At-large 		VII 25 March
1988 		5 March
1993 		Li Peng
Other Vice-Premiers:
Tian Jiyun (2nd), Wu Xueqian (3rd), later: Zou Jiahua, Zhu Rongji
6 Zhu Rongji
朱镕基
(1928–)
Hunan At-large 		VIII 25 March
1993 		17 March
1998
Other Vice-Premiers:
Zou Jiahua (2nd), Qian Qichen (3rd), Li Lanqing (4th), later: Wu Bangguo, Jiang Chunyun
7 Li Lanqing
李岚清
(1933–)
Jiangsu At-large 		IX 17 March
1998 		17 March
2003 		Zhu Rongji
Other Vice-Premiers:
Qian Qichen (2nd) Wu Bangguo (3rd) Wen Jiabao (4th)
8 Huang Ju
黄菊
(1938–2007)
Shanghai At-large 		X 17 March
2003 		2 June
2007 (died in office) 		Wen Jiabao
Other Vice-Premiers:
Wu Yi (2nd) Zeng Peiyan (3rd) Hui Liangyu (4th)
— Wu Yi
吴仪
(1938–)
Zhejiang At-large 		X
(cont) 		2 June
2007 (acting) 		17 March
2008
Other Vice-Premiers:
Zeng Peiyan (2nd) Hui Liangyu (3rd)
9 Li Keqiang
李克强
(1955–2023)
Liaoning At-large 		XI 17 March
2008 		15 March
2013
Other Vice-Premiers:
Hui Liangyu (2nd) Zhang Dejiang (3rd) Wang Qishan (4th)
10 Zhang Gaoli
张高丽
(1947–)
Tianjin At-large 		XII 16 March
2013 		19 March
2018 		Li Keqiang
Other Vice-Premiers:
Liu Yandong (2nd) Wang Yang (3rd) Ma Kai (4th)
11 Han Zheng
韩正
(1955–)
Shaanxi At-large 		XIII 19 March
2018 		12 March
2023
Other Vice-Premiers:
Sun Chunlan (2nd) Hu Chunhua (3rd) Liu He (4th)
12 Ding Xuexiang
丁薛祥
(1963–)
Jiangsu At-large 		XIV 12 March
2023 		Incumbent Li Qiang
Other Vice-Premiers:
He Lifeng (2nd) Zhang Guoqing (3rd) Liu Guozhong (4th)

See also