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Vice Premier of China

Senior official position in the government of China

Field	Value
post	Vice Premier
body	the State Council of the People's Republic of China
native_name	中华人民共和国国务院副总理
insignia	National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg
insigniacaption	National Emblem of China
insigniasize	100px
flag	Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
flagsize	125px
flagcaption	Flag of China
image	{{multiple image
border	infobox
total_width	250
image_style	border:1;
perrow	2/2
image1	Ding Xuexiang (20230313).jpg
link1	Ding Xuexiang
image2	He Lifeng (20230313).jpg
link2	He Lifeng
image3	Zhang Guoqing (20230313).jpg
link3	Zhang Guoqing
image4	Liu Guozhong (20230313).jpg
link4	Liu Guozhong
incumbent	Ding Xuexiang
He Lifeng
Zhang Guoqing
Liu Guozhong
incumbentsince	12 March 2023
residence	Premier's Office, Zhongnanhai
seat	Beijing
style	Vice Premier (副总理)
(informal)
reports_to	Premier of the State Council
nominator	Premier of the State Council
appointer	President
termlength	Five years, renewable once consecutively
formation
precursor	Vice Premier of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government
inaugural	Chen Yun
constituting_instrument	Constitution of China
website	[State Council](http://english.gov.cn)
department	State Council of the People's Republic of China
appointer_qualified	pursuant to a National People's Congress decision
member_of	Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
status	Deputy national-level official

He Lifeng Zhang Guoqing Liu Guozhong (informal)

The vice premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China serves as a deputy leader within the State Council. In terms of administrative hierarchy, the Vice Premier holds a position superior to that of ministers, commission directors, and the Secretary-General of the State Council, while remaining subordinate to the Premier and holding a rank equivalent to that of State Councilors. Generally, the title is held by multiple individuals at any given time, with each vice-premier holding a broad portfolio of responsibilities. The first vice-premier takes over duties of the premier at the time of the latter's incapacity. The incumbent vice premiers, in order of rank, are Ding Xuexiang, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing and Liu Guozhong.

The highest-ranked office holder is informally called the Senior Vice Premier or First Vice Premier () or Executive Vice Premier (), a most prominent case being Deng Xiaoping in the mid-to-late 1970s. In irregular instances, the position of a senior vice premier has been named either to indicate degree of power, nominal power, or when the premier is incapacitated and requires a full-time deputy to carry out his regular duties.

Selection

Officially, the vice premiers are appointed by the National People's Congress (NPC) upon the nomination of the premier. The NPC also has the power to remove the vice premiers and other state officers from office. Elections and removals are decided by majority vote. In practice, the vice premiers are chosen within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership, including the Politburo Standing Committee. Candidates for top positions including the vice premier are first approved first by the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee, and then by its Politburo, then approved in a special plenary session the Central Committee just before the NPC session for vote by the Congress, with the premier nominating the candidates during the NPC session.

The length of the vice premier's term of office is the same as the NPC, which is 5 years, and the vice premiers are restricted to two consecutive terms. Immediately after the election, the president signs the presidential order formalizing the appointment of the vice premiers. Since 2018, the vice premiers are required to collectively recite the constitutional oath of office before assuming office.

Powers and authority

Vice premiers are the deputies to the premier, with each vice premier overseeing a certain area of administration. Vice premiers are members of the executive meetings of the State Council, along with the premier, secretary-general and state councillors. Additionally, all vice premiers have been members of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in recent decades, with the first-ranked vice premier being a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.

Current vice premiers

Main article: List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China

Portrait	Information	Posts
[[File:Ding Xuexiang (20230313).jpg	150x150px	center	Ding Xuexiang]]	Rank	1st
Name	Ding Xuexiang
Constituency	Liaoning At-large
Birthplace	Nantong, Jiangsu
Took office	12 March 2023
[[File:He Lifeng (20230313).jpg	150x150px	center	He Lifeng]]	Rank	2nd
Name	He Lifeng
Constituency	Inner Mongolia At-large
Birthplace	Xingning, Guangdong
Took office	12 March 2023
[[File:Zhang Guoqing (20230313).jpg	150x150px	center	Zhang Guoqing]]	Rank	3rd
Name	Zhang Guoqing
Constituency	Tibet At-large
Birthplace	Luoshan County, Henan
Took office	12 March 2023
[[File:Liu Guozhong (20230313).jpg	150x150px	center	Liu Guozhong]]	Rank	4th
Name	Liu Guozhong
Constituency	Henan At-large
Birthplace	Wangkui County, Heilongjiang
Took office	12 March 2023

References

"Organic Law of the State Council of the People's Republic of China". [[National People's Congress]].
"Senior Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-Ping (Deng Xiaoping) speaking during dinner hosted by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee in honour of the visiting People's Republic of China Senior Vice-Premier and delegation at Istana". [[National Archives of Singapore]].
(2014). "China's Last Ally: Beijing's Policy toward North Korea during the U.S.–China Rapprochement, 1970–1975". Oxford University Press.
"Constitution of the People's Republic of China".
Liao, Zewei. (2023-03-04). "NPC 2023: How China Selects Its State Leaders for the Next Five Years".
Liao, Zewei. (2023-03-04). "NPC 2023: How China Selects Its State Leaders for the Next Five Years".
He, Laura. (4 March 2023). "Meet the 4 men tapped to run China's economy". [[CNN]].
Miller, Alice. "The 19th Central Committee Politburo".

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