List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China
List of Vice-Premiers
The vice-premiership of PRC was created since the establishment of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. Generations of leadership First Administration Second Administration Third Administration Hu–Wen Administration Xi–Li Administration

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

Section Title: List of Vice-Premiers
Table Section Text: The vice-premiership of PRC was created since the establishment of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. Generations of leadership First Administration Second Administration Third Administration Hu–Wen Administration Xi–Li Administration

№	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

—	DONGBIWU.JPG	Dong Biwu 董必武 (1886–1975) Hubei At-large	CP	1 October 1949	15 September 1954

Other Vice-Premiers:

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 (1916–2015) 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 (1931–) Jiangsu At-large	IX	17 March 1998	6 March 2003	Zhu Rongji

Other Vice-Premiers:

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 吴仪 (1938–) Zhejiang At-large	X (cont)	2 June 2007 (acting)	16 March 2008

Other Vice-Premiers:

9	-	Li Keqiang 李克强 (1955–) Liaoning At-large	XI	16 March 2008	16 March 2013

Other Vice-Premiers:

10	-	Zhang Gaoli 张高丽 (1946–) Tianjin At-large	XII	16 March 2013	19 March 2018	Li Keqiang

Other Vice-Premiers:

11	-	Han Zheng 韩正 (1954–) Shaanxi At-large	XIII	19 March 2018	Incumbent (term expires 2023)

Other Vice-Premiers:

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