# Director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission

The director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China is the head of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is seventh in order of precedence. The director is responsible for leading the commission, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the commission. Officially, the director is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.
The current director is Pan Yue, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the commission.

## List of directors

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Important offices held during tenure | Highest office held | Notes |
| Director of the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the Central People's Government |||||||||
| 1 | Li Weihan | 19 October 1949 | 28 September 1954 | Secretary-General of the State Council, Head of the United Front Work Department | Member of the Politburo Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Deputy Director of the Central Advisory Commission | Deputy-state level, Han |
| Director of the Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China |||||||||
| 2 | Ulanhu | 28 September 1954 | 22 June 1970 | Vice Premier of the State Council | Vice President of China | Deputy-state level, Mongol |
| Director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China |||||||||
| 3 | Yang Jingren | 5 March 1978 | 20 January 1986 | Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department Vice Premier of the State Council since September 1980, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since June 1983 | | Deputy-state level, Hui |
| 4 | Ismail Amat | 20 January 1986 | 18 March 1998 | Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since April 1988 State Councilor since 1993 | Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | Deputy-state level, Uyghur |
| 5 | Li Dezhu | 18 March 1998 | 17 March 2008 | Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department | | Korean |
| 6 | Yang Jing | 17 March 2008 | 16 March 2013 | Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department Secretary of the CCP Secretariat since November 2012 | State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council | Deputy-state level, Mongol |
| 7 | Wang Zhengwei | 16 March 2013 | 28 April 2016 | Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department | Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | Hui |
| 8 | Bagatur | 28 April 2016 | 26 December 2020 | Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since March 2018 | Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | Mongol |
| 9 | Chen Xiaojiang | 26 December 2020 | 24 June 2022 | Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department | Executive Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department | Han |
| 10 | Pan Yue | 24 June 2022 | Incumbent | Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department | | Han |