# President of Peking University

The President of Peking University is the chief administrator of Peking University, a major public academic institution of higher learning, located in Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current president is Gong Qihuang, in office since June 2022.

## Presidents of Peking University

| Period | Year | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Imperial University of Peking | July 1898-Spring 1900 | Sun Jianai | 孙家鼐 | |
| Imperial University of Peking | July 1899-July 1900 | Xu Jingcheng | 许景澄 | |
| Imperial University of Peking | January 1902-February 1904 | Zhang Baixi | 张百熙 | |
| Imperial University of Peking | February 1904-February 1906 | Zhang Hengjia | 张亨嘉 | |
| Imperial University of Peking | February 1906-July 1907 | Li Jiaju | 李家驹 | |
| Imperial University of Peking | July 1907-December 1907 | Zhu Yifan | 朱益藩 | |
| Imperial University of Peking | December 1907-September 1910 | Liu Tingshen | 刘廷琛 | |
| Imperial University of Peking | September 1910-November 1911 | Ke Shaomin | 柯劭愍 | |
| Imperial University of Peking | November 1911-February 1912 | Lao Naixuan | 劳乃宣 | |
| National Peking University | February 1912-October 1912 | Yan Fu | 严复 | Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
| National Peking University | December 1912-November 1913 | He Xiehou | 何燏时 | Zhejiang University Tokyo Imperial University |
| National Peking University | November 1913-December 1916 | Hu Renyuan | 胡仁源 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University Peking University |
| National Peking University | December 1916-August 1927 | Cai Yuanpei | 蔡元培 | Universität Leipzig Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Imperial College of Peking | August 1927-June 1928 | Liu Zhe | 刘哲 | Peking University |
| National Peiping University | June 1928-January 1929 | Li Shizeng | 李煜瀛 | Pasteur Institute Ecole Pratique d'Agriculture du Chesnoy |
| National Peiping University | January 1929-August 1929 | Chen Daqi | 陈大齐 | University of Tokyo Humboldt University of Berlin |
| National Peking University | September 1929-December 1930 | Cai Yuanpei | 蔡元培 | Universität Leipzig Humboldt University of Berlin |
| National Peking University | December 1930-July 1937 | Jiang Menglin | 蒋梦麟 | University of California, Berkeley Columbia University |
| National Peking University | January 1939-March 1940 | Tang Erhe | 汤尔和 | |
| National Peking University | March 1940-October 1945 | Qian Daosun | 钱稻孙 | Italy National University |
| National Peking University | October 1945-August 1946 | Fu Sinian | 傅斯年 | Peking University University College London Humboldt University of Berlin |
| National Peking University | September 1946-December 1948 | Hu Shih | 胡适 | Cornell University Columbia University |
| Peking University | May 1949-September 1951 | Tang Yongtong | 汤用彤 | Harvard University |
| Peking University | June 1951-March 1960 | Ma Yinchu | 马寅初 | Tianjin University Yale University Columbia University |
| Peking University | March 1960-June 1966 | Lu Ping | 陆平 | |
| Peking University | July 1978-March 1981 | Zhou Peiyuan | 周培源 | Tsinghua University University of Chicago California Institute of Technology |
| Peking University | May 1981-March 1984 | Zhang Longxiang | 张龙翔 | University of Shanghai Lingnan University Tsinghua University University of Toronto Yale University |
| Peking University | March 1984-August 1989 | Ding Shisun | 丁石孙 | Utopia University Tsinghua University |
| Peking University | August 1989-August 1996 | Wu Shuqing | 吴树青 | Renmin University of China |
| Peking University | July 1996-November 1999 | Chen Jia'er | 陈佳洱 | Jilin University |
| Peking University | November 1999-November 2008 | Xu Zhihong | 许智宏 | Peking University University of Nottingham |
| Peking University | November 2008-March 2013 | Zhou Qifeng | 周其凤 | Peking University University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Peking University | March 2013-February 2015 | Wang Enge | 王恩哥 | Liaoning University Peking University |
| Peking University | February 2015-23 October 2018 | Lin Jianhua | 林建华 | Peking University |
| Peking University | 23 October 2018–June 2022 | Hao Ping | 郝平 | Peking University University of Hawaii |
| Peking University | June 2022–present | Gong Qihuang | 龚旗煌 | Peking University |

## Communist Party Secretaries of Peking University

| Period | Year | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Peking University | January 1949-March 1949 | Xiao Song | 萧松 | |
| Peking University | March 1949-June 1949 | Lin Naisang | 林乃桑 | |
| Peking University | June 1949-October 1951 | Ye Xiangzhong | 叶向忠 | |
| Peking University | October 1951-October 1952 | Zhang Qunyu | 张群玉 | |
| Peking University | October 1952-December 1954 | Li Hu | 李瑚 | Fu Jen Catholic University |
| Peking University | December 1954-December 1956 | Shi Menglan | 史梦兰 | |
| Peking University | December 1956-October 1957 | Jiang Longji | 江隆基 | Peking University Meiji University Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Peking University | October 1957-June 1966 | Lu Ping | 陆平 | |
| Peking University | September 1977-December 1979 | Zhou Lin | 周林 | Hongda College |
| Peking University | December 1979-September 1982 | Han Tianshi | 韩天石 | |
| Peking University | September 1982-March 1984 | Xiang Ziming | 项子明 | |
| Peking University | March 1984-January 1991 | Wang Xuezhen | 王学珍 | Peking University |
| Peking University | January 1991-July 1994 | Wang Jialiu | 汪家鏐 | Peking University |
| Peking University | July 1994-March 2000 | Ren Yanshen | 任彦申 | Tsinghua University |
| Peking University | April 2000-April 2002 | Wang Debing | 王德炳 | Peking University Health Science Center |
| Peking University | April 2002-August 2011 | Min Weifang | 闵维方 | Beijing Normal University University of Texas at Austin Stanford University |
| Peking University | August 2011-December 2016 | Zhu Shanlu | 朱善璐 | Peking University |
| Peking University | December 2016-23 October 2018 | Hao Ping | 郝平 | Peking University University of Hawaii |
| Peking University | 23 October 2018 | Qiu Shuiping | 邱水平 | Peking University |
| Peking University | June 2022–present | Hao Ping | 郝平 | Peking University University of Hawaii |