Politics of Shanghai
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The Politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In the last few decades the city has produced many of the country's eventual senior leaders. The city has been important politically to China since the end of the 19th Century.
The Mayor of Shanghai (上海市长) is the highest ranking official in the People's Government of Shanghai. Since Shanghai is a centrally administered municipality, the mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Shanghai Communist Party of China Municipal Committee Secretary (上海市委书记), colloquially termed the "Shanghai Party Chief".
Before 1941, Shanghai had a split administration: the International Settlement (governed under the Shanghai Municipal Council, the French Concession, and the Chinese City. The Chinese city was invaded by the Japanese in 1937 and the foreign concessions were occupied by the Japanese in 1941. After the occupation, the foreign powers formally ceded the territory to the Nationalist Government in Chongqing (a move largely symbolic until the Japanese surrender since the Nationalists no longer controlled Shanghai).
[edit] List of party chiefs
| CPC Party Secretary | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rao Shushi | ||
| Chen Yi | military commander | |
| Chen Pixian | ||
| Peng Chong | ||
| Chen Guodong | ||
| Rui Xingwen | ||
| Jiang Zemin | later President (1993-2003) | |
| Zhu Rongji | later Premier | |
| Wu Bangguo | later Chairman of the National People's Congress | |
| Huang Ju | 1994—2002 | later Vice-Premier |
| Chen Liangyu | 2002—2006 | dismissed for corruption |
| Han Zheng | 2006—2007 | Acting |
| Xi Jinping | 2007— | Former Party Chief in Zhejiang and Fujian |
[edit] List of Mayors
| Mayor | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chen Yi | May 1949 — November 1958 | military commander |
| Ke Qingshi | November 1958 — April 9, 1965 | |
| Cao Gengqiu | December 1965 — February 1967 | |
| Zhang Chunqiao | February 24, 1967 — October 1976 | Chairman of Shanghai Revolutionary Committee Member of Gang of Four, sentenced for treason |
| Su Zhenhua | November 1976 — February 7, 1979 | Chairman of Shanghai Revolutionary Committee |
| Peng Chong | February 1979 — April 1981 | |
| Wang Daohan | April 1981 — July 1985 | Jiang mentor |
| Jiang Zemin | July 1985 — April 1988 | later President (1993-2003) |
| Zhu Rongji | April 1988 — April 1991 | later Premier (1998-2003) |
| Huang Ju | April 1991 — February 1995 | later Vice-Premier (2003-present) |
| Xu Kuangdi | February 1995 — December 7, 2001 | Demoted |
| Chen Liangyu | December 7, 2001 — February 21, 2003 | Later sacked |
| Han Zheng | February 21, 2003 - present | Concurrently acting party chief 2006-2007 |
[edit] See also
- Mayor of Beijing
- Mayor of Chongqing
- Mayor of Tianjin
