# President of Chongqing University

The office of the President of Chongqing University, currently held by Wang Shuxin, was created with the founding of Chongqing University in 1929 as the chief executive officer of the school.
After the founding of the Communist State, each president is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, who is delegated the day-to-day running of the university. In reality, the university President reports to the Party Secretary in the university's Communist Party committee.

## Presidents of Chongqing University

| Period | Year | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Chongqing University | October 1929–August 1935 | Liu Xiang | 刘湘 | Sichuan Military College |
| Sichuan Provincial Chongqing University | August 1935–July 1938 | Hu Shuhua | 胡庶华 | Peking University Technische Universität Berlin |
| Sichuan Provincial Chongqing University | October 1938–July 1941 | Ye Yuanlong | 叶元龙 | Utopia University Wisconsin University |
| National Chongqing University | September 1941–November 1949 | Zhang Hongyuan | 张洪沅 | Tsinghua University California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Chongqing University | March 1950–November 1952 | He Lu | 何鲁 | |
| Chongqing University | July 1956–August 1966 | Zheng Siqun | 郑思群 | |
| Chongqing University | April 1978–May 1980 | Zeng Delin | 曾德林 | |
| Chongqing University | May 1980–April 1982 | He Wenqin | 何文钦 | |
| Chongqing University | December 1982–December 1986 | Jiang Zejia | 江泽佳 | Chongqing University McGill University |
| Chongqing University | December 1986–August 1992 | Gu Leguan | 顾乐观 | Chongqing University Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University |
| Chongqing University | August 1992–August 1996 | Wu Yunpeng | 吴云鹏 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
| Chongqing University | August 1996–July 1997 | Liu Fei | 刘飞 | |
| Chongqing University | July 1997–January 2003 | Wu Zhongfu | 吴中福 | Chongqing University |
| Chongqing University | January 2003–December 2010 | Li Xiaohong | 李晓红 | Chongqing University |
| Chongqing University | December 2010–June 2013 | Lin Jianhua | 林建华 | Peking University Iowa State University |
| Chongqing University | June 2013–present | Zhou Xuhong | 周绪红 | Hunan University |
| Chongqing University | December 2017–April 2022 | Zhang Zongyi | 张宗益 | Chongqing University University of Portsmouth |
| Chongqing University | June 2022–present | Wang Shuxin | 王树新 | Hebei University of Technology Tianjin University |

## Communist Party Secretaries of Chongqing University

| Period | Year | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Chongqing University | December 1953–August 1966 | Zheng Siqun | 郑思群 | |
| Chongqing University | April 1972–May 1980 | Zeng Delin | 曾德林 | |
| Chongqing University | May 1980–February 1982 | He Wenqin | 何文钦 | |
| Chongqing University | February 1982–August 1983 | Zhang Wencheng | 张文澄 | |
| Chongqing University | August 1983–May 1989 | Cheng Diquan | 程地全 | |
| Chongqing University | August 1989–April 1997 | Gu Leguan | 顾乐观 | Chongqing University Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology |
| Chongqing University | April 1997–May 2000 | Ou Keping | 欧可平 | Chongqing University |
| Chongqing University | May 2000–December 2005 | Zhu Jialin | 祝家麟 | Peking University Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Chongqing University | December 2005–October 2015 | Ou Keping | 欧可平 | Chongqing University |
| Chongqing University | October 2015–December 2019 | Zhou Xun | 周旬 | Chongqing Normal University Southwest University |
| Chongqing University | January 2020–present | Shu Lichun | 舒立春 | Chongqing University |