The Li Qiang government is the 14th and current State Council of China since March 2023, under the Li Qiang premiership. It succeeded the Li Keqiang government.[1] Premier Li is ranked only second to General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping among 7 members of the 20th Politburo Standing Committee, the top decision-making body of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Li Qiang government 李强政府 | |
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 14th State Council of China | |
| Incumbent | |
_(cropped).jpg) Premier Li Qiang | |
| Date formed | 12 March 2023 |
| People and organisations | |
| General Secretary and President | Xi Jinping |
| Premier | Li Qiang |
| Vice Premiers | Ding Xuexiang He Lifeng Zhang Guoqing Liu Guozhong |
| Member party | Chinese Communist Party Eight minor parties |
| Status in legislature | One-party state |
| History | |
| Election | 2023 Congress |
| Outgoing election | 2023 Congress |
| Legislature term | 14th Congress |
| Predecessor | Li Keqiang Government |
| Li Qiang Government | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 李强政府 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李強政府 | ||||||
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| Li Qiang Cabinet | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李强内阁 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李強內閣 | ||||||
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During the 1st Session of the 14th National People's Congress in March 2023, Li Qiang was appointed by President Xi Jinping to replace Li Keqiang as Premier of the State Council, China's head of government, according to the approval of the National People's Congress.
According to the constitution of China, the President nominates the Premier of the State Council, and the Premier nominates the Vice-Premiers, State Councilors and Ministers. The nominations were approved by National People's Congress voting.[2]
Cabinet (14th State Council)
editState Council leaders
edit| # | Office | Officeholder | Birth year |
Party | Took office |
Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Premier | Li Qiang 李强 |
1959 | CCP (PSC) | 11 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 2 | Vice Premier | Ding Xuexiang 丁薛祥 |
1962 | CCP (PSC) | 12 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 3 | Vice Premier | He Lifeng 何立峰 |
1955 | CCP (Politburo) |
12 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 4 | Vice Premier | Zhang Guoqing 张国清 |
1964 | CCP (Politburo) |
12 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 5 | Vice Premier | Liu Guozhong 刘国中 |
1962 | CCP (Politburo) |
12 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 6 | State Councilor | Li Shangfu 李尚福 |
1958 | CCP | 12 March 2023 | 24 October 2023 | |
| Minister of National Defense | |||||||
| 7 | State Councilor | Wang Xiaohong 王小洪 |
1957 | CCP (Secretariat) |
12 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| Minister of Public Security | 24 June 2022 | ||||||
| 8 | State Councilor | Wu Zhenglong 吴政隆 |
1964 | CCP | 12 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary-General, General Office | |||||||
| 9 | State Councilor | Shen Yiqin 谌贻琴 |
1959 | CCP | 12 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 10 | State Councilor | Qin Gang 秦刚 |
1966 | CCP | 12 March 2023 | 24 October 2023 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | 30 December 2022 | 25 July 2023 | |||||
Cabinet-level departments
edit| # | Office | Officeholder | Birth year |
Party | Took office |
Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Qin Gang 秦刚 |
1966 | CCP | 30 December 2022 | 25 July 2023 | |
| Wang Yi 王毅 |
1953 | CCP | 25 July 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 2 | Minister of National Defense | Li Shangfu 李尚福 |
1958 | CCP | 12 March 2023 | 24 October 2023 | |
| Dong Jun 董军 |
1961 | CCP | 29 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 3 | Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission | Zheng Shanjie 郑栅洁 |
1961 | CCP | 12 March 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 4 | Minister of Education | Huai Jinpeng 怀进鹏 |
1962 | CCP | 20 August 2021 | Incumbent | |
| 5 | Minister of Science and Technology | Wang Zhigang 王志刚 |
1957 | CCP | 19 March 2018 | 24 October 2023 | |
| Yin Hejun 阴和俊 |
1963 | CCP | 24 October 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 6 | Minister of Industry and Information Technology | Jin Zhuanglong 金壮龙 |
1964 | CCP | 2 September 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 7 | Director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission | Pan Yue 潘岳 |
1960 | CCP | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 8 | Minister of Public Security | Wang Xiaohong 王小洪 |
1957 | CCP (Secretariat) |
24 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 9 | Minister of State Security | Chen Yixin 陈一新 |
1959 | CCP | 30 October 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 10 | Minister of Civil Affairs | Tang Dengjie 唐登杰 |
1964 | CCP | 28 February 2022 | 29 December 2023 | |
| Lu Zhiyuan 陆治原 |
1964 | CCP | 29 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 11 | Minister of Justice | He Rong 贺荣 |
1962 | CCP | 24 February 2023 | Incumbent | |
| 12 | Minister of Finance | Liu Kun 刘昆 |
1956 | CCP | 19 March 2018 | 24 October 2023 | |
| Lan Fo'an 蓝佛安 |
1962 | CCP | 24 October 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 13 | Minister of Human Resources and Social Security | Wang Xiaoping 王晓萍 |
1964 | CCP | 30 December 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 14 | Minister of Natural Resources | Wang Guanghua 王广华 |
1963 | CCP | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 15 | Minister of Ecology and Environment | Huang Runqiu 黄润秋 |
1963 | JS (vice chair) |
29 April 2020 | Incumbent | |
| 16 | Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | Ni Hong 倪虹 |
1962 | CCP | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 17 | Minister of Transport | Li Xiaopeng 李小鹏 |
1959 | CCP | 3 September 2016 | Incumbent | |
| 18 | Minister of Water Resources | Li Guoying 李国英 |
1963 | CCP | 28 February 2021 | Incumbent | |
| 19 | Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs | Tang Renjian 唐仁健 |
1962 | CCP | 26 September 2020 | 13 September 2024 | |
| Han Jun 韩俊 |
1963 | CCP | 13 September 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 20 | Minister of Commerce | Wang Wentao 王文涛 |
1964 | CCP | 26 September 2020 | Incumbent | |
| 21 | Minister of Culture and Tourism | Hu Heping 胡和平 |
1962 | CCP | 11 August 2020 | 29 December 2023 | |
| Sun Yeli 孙业礼 |
1964 | CCP | 29 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 22 | Director of the National Health Commission | Ma Xiaowei 马晓伟 |
1959 | CCP | 19 March 2018 | 6 May 2024 | |
| Lei Haichao 雷海潮 |
1968 | CCP | 6 May 2024 | Incumbent | |||
| 23 | Minister of Veterans Affairs | Pei Jinjia 裴金佳 |
1963 | CCP | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 24 | Minister of Emergency Management | Wang Xiangxi 王祥喜 |
1962 | CCP | 2 September 2022 | Incumbent | |
| 25 | Governor of the People's Bank of China | Yi Gang 易纲 |
1958 | CCP | 19 March 2018 | 25 July 2023 | |
| Pan Gongsheng 潘功胜 |
1963 | CCP | 25 July 2023 | Incumbent | |||
| 26 | Auditor-General of the National Audit Office | Hou Kai 侯凯 |
1962 | CCP | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | |
See also
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Notes
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edit- ^ "Li Qiang: China appoints Xi Jinping ally as premier". BBC News. 2023-03-11. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ^ Zhang, Laura He,Riley (2023-03-11). "China appoints Li Qiang, a trusted ally of Xi Jinping, as premier". CNN. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "新华社快讯：大会经投票表决，决定国务院秘书长、各部部长、各委员会主任、中国人民银行行长、审计长". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese (China)). 2023-03-12. Archived from the original on 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- ^ "新华社快讯：大会经投票表决，决定国务院秘书长、各部部长、各委员会主任、中国人民银行行长、审计长". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese (China)). 2023-03-12. Archived from the original on 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-05-14.