Shanghai Municipal People's Government

Shanghai Municipal People's Government

上海市人民政府
Leadership
Gong Zheng
since 23 March 2020
Deputy Mayors
Zhang Xiaohong, Liu Duo, Hua Yuan, Jie Dong (CNDCA), Zhang Yahong, Chen Jie, Chen Yujian
Secretary-general
Ma Chunlei
Parent body
Elected by
Meeting place
Shanghai People's Building, Renmin Avenue Huangpu, Shanghai
Website
www.shanghai.gov.cn Edit this at Wikidata

The Shanghai Municipal People's Government is the local administrative agency of Shanghai.[1] It is officially elected by the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and is formally responsible to the SMPC and its Standing Committee.[1] The municipal government is headed by a mayor, currently Gong Zheng.[2] Under the country's Leninist system, the mayor is subordinate to the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Political System". Office of Shanghai Chronicles. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ Zheng, William (22 July 2020). "Shanghai appoints new mayor, who talks of turning crisis into opportunity". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ Ren, Daniel (29 December 2016). "Former close subordinate of Xi Jinping expected to become Shanghai mayor". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 January 2023.