Governor (People's Republic of China)

A governor ( Chinese  省長  /  省长 , Pinyin shěngzhǎng ) in the People's Republic of China has the highest executive power in a province , comparable to a German prime minister or the Austrian governor . He ranks second in the province after the secretary of the respective provincial association of the Chinese Communist Party .

List of current governors of the PRC

Provinces

Governor	province	Previous governors	Start of office
Li Guoying	Anhui	list	2016
Tang Dengjie	Fujian	list	2018
Tang Renjian	Gansu	list	2017
Ma Xingrui	Guangdong	list	2016
Ms. Shen Yiqin	Guizhou	list	2017
Shen Xiaoming	Hainan	list	2017
Xu Qin	Hebei	list	2017
Wang Wentao	Heilongjiang	list	2018
Chen Run'er	Henan	list	2016
Wang Xiaodong	Hubei	list	2016
Xu Dazhe	Hunan	list	2016
Wu Zhenglong	Jiangsu	list	2018
Yi Lianhong	Jiangxi	list	2018
Jing Junhai	Jilin	list	2018
Tang Yijun	Liaoning	list	2017
Liu Ning	Qinghai	list	2018
Liu Guozhong	Shaanxi	list	2018
Li Ganjie	Shandong	list	2020
Lin Wu	Shanxi	list	2019
Yin Li	Sichuan	list	2016
Ruan Chengfa	Yunnan	list	2016
Yuan Jiajun	Zhejiang	list	2017

Autonomous areas

Head of government	Autonomous area	Previous chairman of government	Start of office
Chen Wu	Guangxi	list	2013
Ms. Bu Xiaolin	Inner Mongolia	list	2016
Ms. Xian Hui	Ningxia	list	2016
Che Dalha	Tibet	list	2017
Shöhret Zakir	Xinjiang	list	2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Xu Shousheng re-elected governor of northwest China's Gansu Province Xinhua of January 27, 2008, fourth paragraph on the division of roles between the governor and the party secretary (accessed July 30, 2012)
2. ↑ New governor of E China's Jiangsu Province elected ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Xinhua on February 14, 2011 (retrieved May 25, 2012)  
3. ↑ Acting governor of NE China province appointed ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Xinhua on December 19, 2012 (queried December 21, 2012)