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

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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.

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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
6 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 6 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)
16 March
2008
Other Vice-Premiers:
Zeng Peiyan (2nd) Hui Liangyu (3rd)
9 Li Keqiang
李克强
(1955–2023)
Liaoning At-large
XI 16 March
2008
16 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
11 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