# Mayor of Beijing

The mayor of Beijing, officially the Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government, is the head of Beijing Municipality and leader of the Beijing Municipal People's Government.
The mayor is elected by the Beijing Municipal People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The mayor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the municipal government. The mayor is assisted by an executive vice mayor as well as several vice mayors. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The mayor the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Beijing Committee. The current mayor is Yin Yong, who took office on 28 December 2022.

## List of mayors
### Republic of China

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Took office | Left office |
| Governor of the Shuntian Prefecture |||||
| 1 | | Ding Naiyang (1870–1944) | 1 January 1912 | 24 December 1912 |
| 2 | | Zhang Guangjian (1864–1938) | 24 December 1912 | 19 September 1913 |
| 3 | | Wang Zhixin (1868–1914) | 16 October 1913 | 23 March 1914 |
| 4 | | Shen Jinjian (1875–1924) | 23 March 1914 | 1914 |
| Capital Administrative Officier |||||
| (4) | | Shen Jinjian (1875–1924) | 1914 | September 1915 |
| 5 | | Wang Da (1881–1946) | 26 September 1915 | 3 August 1920 |
| 6 | | Wang Hu (1865–1933) | 3 August 1920 | 18 September 1920 |
| 7 | | Sun Zhenjia (1858–?) | 18 September 1920 | 19 May 1922 |
| 8 | | Liu Menggeng (1881–?) | 19 May 1922 | 5 November 1924 |
| 9 | | Wang Zhixiang (1858–1930) | 5 November 1924 | 31 December 1924 |
| 10 | | Xue Dubi (1892–1973) | 31 December 1924 | 9 October 1925 |
| 11 | | Liu Ji (1887–1967) | 20 October 1925 | May 1926 |
| 12 | | Li Yuan (1879–?) | 4 September 1926 | 24 September 1927 |
| 13 | | Zhang Jixin (1874–1952) | 24 September 1927 | 3 June 1928 |
| – | | Li Shengpei (?–?) | 4 June 1928 | 25 June 1928 |
| Mayor of the Beiping Special Municipal Government |||||
| – | | He Chengjun (1882–1961) | 25 June 1928 | 13 July 1928 |
| 14 | | He Qigong (1899–1955) | 13 July 1928 | 12 June 1929 |
| 15 | | Chang Yin-wu (1891–1949) | 12 June 1929 | 27 February 1931 |
| – | | Wang Tao (1866–1937) | October 1930 | March 1931 |
| 16 | | Zhou Dawen (1895–1971) | 27 February 1931 | April 1931 |
| Mayor of the Beijing Municipal Government |||||
| – | | Hu Ruoyu (1895–1962) | April 1931 | June 1931 |
| (16) | | Zhou Dawen (1895–1971) | April 1931 | 16 June 1933 |
| 17 | | Yuan Liang (1883–1953) | 16 June 1933 | 1 November 1935 |
| 18 | | Song Zheyuan (1885–1940) | 1 November 1935 | 8 November 1935 |
| 19 | | Qin Dechun (1893–1963) | 8 November 1935 | 28 July 1937 |
| 20 | | Zhang Zizhong (1891–1940) | 28 July 1937 | 6 August 1937 |

#### Japanese occupation

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Took office | Left office |
| Mayor of the Beiping Local Maintenance Committee and the Mayor of the Beijing Local Maintenance Committee |||||
| 1 | | Jiang Chaozong (1861–1943) | 6 August 1937 | 17 December 1937 |
| Mayor of the Beijing Special Municipal Government |||||
| (1) | | Jiang Chaozong (1861–1943) | 1 January 1938 | 10 January 1938 |
| 2 | | Yu Jinhe (1887–?) | 10 January 1938 | 13 January 1938 |
| Mayor of Beijing Special Municipality |||||
| (2) | | Yu Jinhe (1887–?) | 13 January 1938 | 9 February 1943 |
| – | | Su Tiren (1888–1979) | 1941 | 9 February 1943 |
| 3 | | Liu Yushu (1884–?) | 9 February 1943 | 1943 |
| Mayor of the Beijing Special Municipal Government |||||
| (3) | | Liu Yushu (1884–?) | 1943 | 20 February 1945 |
| 4 | | Xu Xiuzhi (1881–1954) | 20 February 1945 | 16 August 1945 |

#### After World War II

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Took office | Left office |
| Mayor of the Beiping Municipal Government |||||
| 1 | | Xiong Bin (1894–1964) | 16 August 1945 | 15 July 1946 |
| 2 | | He Siyuan (1896–1982) | 15 July 1946 | July 1948 |
| 3 | | Liu Yaozhang (1897–1993) | July 1948 | 4 February 1949 |

### People's Republic of China

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ref. |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Took office | Left office | Political party | Ref. |
| Mayor of the Beiping Municipal People's Government |||||||
| 1 | | Ye Jianying (1897–1986) | 8 December 1948 | 9 September 1949 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 2 | | Nie Rongzhen (1897–1986) | 9 September 1949 | 30 September 1949 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government |||||||
| (2) | | Nie Rongzhen (1897–1986) | 30 September 1949 | 26 February 1951 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 3 | | Peng Zhen (1902–1997) | 26 February 1951 | August 1954 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Committee |||||||
| (3) | | Peng Zhen (1902–1997) | August 1954 | 23 May 1966 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 4 | | Wu De (1913–1995) | 23 May 1966 | 20 April 1967 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Director of the Beijing Revolutionary Committee |||||||
| 5 | | Xie Fuzhi (1909–1972) | 20 April 1967 | 26 March 1972 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 6 | | Wu De (1913–1995) | May 1972 | 9 October 1978 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 7 | | Lin Hujia (1916–2018) | 9 October 1978 | 13 December 1978 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government |||||||
| (7) | | Lin Hujia (1916–2018) | 13 December 1978 | 25 January 1981 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 8 | | Jiao Ruoyu (1915–2020) | 25 January 1981 | 24 March 1983 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 9 | | Chen Xitong (1930–2013) | 24 March 1983 | February 1993 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 10 | | Li Qiyan (1938–2020) | February 1993 | October 1996 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 11 | | Jia Qinglin (born 1940) | February 1997 (acting from October 1996) | February 1999 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 12 | | Liu Qi (born 1942) | February 1999 | January 2003 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 13 | | Meng Xuenong (born 1949) | 19 January 2003 | 20 April 2003 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 14 | | Wang Qishan (born 1948) | February 2004 (acting from 20 April 2003) | 30 November 2007 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 15 | | Guo Jinlong (born 1947) | January 2008 (acting from 30 November 2007) | 25 July 2012 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 16 | | Wang Anshun (born 1957) | 28 January 2013 (acting from 25 July 2012) | 31 October 2016 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 17 | | Cai Qi (born 1955) | 20 January 2017 (acting from 31 October 2016) | 27 May 2017 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 18 | | Chen Jining (born 1964) | 30 January 2018 (acting from 27 May 2017) | 28 October 2022 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 19 | | Yin Yong (born 1969) | 19 January 2023 (acting from 28 October 2022) | Incumbent | Chinese Communist Party | |