# Secretary-General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The secretary-general of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is a political office in the People's Republic of China. The secretary-general heads the General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China.
The secretary-general is officially nominated within the CPPCC National Committee and approved by a plenary session of the National Committee. The secretary-general is a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee, which handles the regular affairs of the body, and is a member of the Chairperson's Council, which handles the day-to-day affairs of the Standing Committee. The secretary-general is assisted by deputy secretaries-general, appointed or dismissed by the National Committee on the proposal of the secretary-general. The secretary-general and deputy secretaries-general jointly constitute the Meeting of the Secretaries-General of the CPPCC National Committee, which is presided by the secretary-general.

## List of officeholders

| No. | Term(s) | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left Office | Tenure | Important offices held during tenure | CPPCC Chairperson |
| 1 | 1st | Li Weihan (1896–1984) | October 8, 1949 | December 25, 1954 | 5 years, 78 days | Head of the United Front Work Department Secretary-General of the Government Administration Council Head of the Ethnic Affairs Commission Government Chief Plenipotentiary Representative of the Central People's Government to Tibet | Mao Zedong |
| 2 | 2nd | Xu Bing (1903–1972) | December 25, 1954 | April 29, 1959 | 4 years, 125 days | Alternate member of the CCP Central Committee Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | Zhou Enlai |
| 2 | 3rd | Xu Bing (1903–1972) | April 29, 1959 | January 5, 1965 | 5 years, 251 days | Alternate member of the CCP Central Committee Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | Zhou Enlai |
| 3 | 4th | Ping Jiesan (1906–2001) | January 5, 1965 | March 8, 1978 | 13 years, 62 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Zhou Enlai |
| 4 | 5th | Qi Yanming (1907–1978) | March 8, 1978 | October 21, 1978 | 227 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Deng Xiaoping |
| 5 | 5th | Liu Lantao (1910–1997) | July 2, 1979 | June 17, 1983 | 3 years, 350 days | Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Commission Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee | Deng Xiaoping |
| 6 | 6th | Peng Youjin (1914–2005) | June 17, 1983 | October 8, 1985 | 2 years, 124 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Deng Yingchao |
| 7 | 6th | Zhou Shaozheng (1926–2007) | April 11, 1986 | April 10, 1988 | 1 year, 365 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Deng Yingchao |
| 7 | 7th | Zhou Shaozheng (1926–2007) | April 10, 1988 | March 14, 1990 | 1 year, 338 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Li Xiannian |
| 8 | 7th | Song Demin (1930–2021) | April 1991 | March 27, 1993 | 1 year, 360 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Li Xiannian |
| 8 | 8th | Song Demin (1930–2021) | March 27, 1993 | March 19, 1994 | 357 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Li Ruihuan |
| 9 | 8th | Zhu Xun (born 1930) | March 19, 1994 | March 13, 1998 | 3 years, 359 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Li Ruihuan |
| 10 | 9th | Zheng Wantong (born 1941) | March 13, 1998 | March 13, 2003 | 5 years, 0 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Li Ruihuan |
| 10 | 10th | Zheng Wantong (born 1941) | March 13, 2003 | March 13, 2008 | 5 years, 0 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee | Jia Qinglin |
| 11 | 11th | Qian Yunlu (born 1944) | March 13, 2008 | March 11, 2013 | 4 years, 357 days | Member of the CCP Central Committee Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee | Jia Qinglin |
| 12 | 12th | Zhang Qingli (born 1951) | March 11, 2013 | March 14, 2018 | 5 years, 3 days | Member of the CCP Central Committee Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee | Yu Zhengsheng |
| 13 | 13th | Xia Baolong (born 1952) | March 14, 2018 | May 27, 2020 | 2 years, 74 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office | Wang Yang |
| 14 | 13th | Li Bin (born 1954) | May 27, 2020 | March 10, 2023 | 2 years, 287 days | Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the CPPCC National Committee Vice Chairwoman of the CPPCC National Committee Chairwoman of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation | Wang Yang |
| 15 | 14th | Wang Dongfeng (born 1958) | March 10, 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 7 days | Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee | Wang Huning |