Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

中国共产党上海市委员会
Overview
TypeHighest decision-making organ when Shanghai Municipal Congress is not in session.
Elected byShanghai Municipal Congress
Length of termFive years
Term limitsNone
First convocation15 December 1921
Leadership
SecretaryChen Jining
Deputy SecretaryGong Zheng (Mayor)
Secretary-GeneralLi Zheng
Executive organStanding Committee
Inspection organCommission for Discipline Inspection
Meeting place
200 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese中国共产党上海市委员会
Traditional Chinese中國共產黨上海市委員會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Shànghǎi Shì Wěiyuánhuì
Abbreviation
Chinese中共上海市委
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnggòng Shànghǎi Shìwěi

The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Shanghai.[1] The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the city and outranks the mayor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.[1] The current secretary is Chen Jining, a member of the CCP Politburo,[2] who replaced Li Qiang on 28 October 2022.[3]

The committee is elected every five years by the Shanghai Municipal Congress of the CCP.[4] The permanent body of the committee is its Standing Committee.[5]

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