Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Shanghai. The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the city and outranks the mayor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee. The current secretary is Chen Jining, a member of the CCP Politburo, who replaced Li Qiang on 28 October 2022.

The committee is elected every five years by the Shanghai Municipal Congress of the CCP. The permanent body of the committee is its Standing Committee.

The organization of the CCP Shanghai Committee includes:

• General Office

The Standing Committee Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the permanent body of the committee. It currently consists of 12 members:

• Chen Jining, Committee Secretary
• Gong Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, Deputy Committee Secretary
• Li Yangzhe, Secretary of the Shanghai Commission for Discipline Inspection, Director of the Shanghai Supervisory Commission
• Zhang Wei, Director of the Shanghai Organization Department
• Zhao Jiaming, Head of the Shanghai Publicity Department
• Chen Tong, Head of the Shanghai United Front Work Department
• Zhu Zhisong, Communist Party Secretary of Pudong
• Chen Jinshan, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Lingang New Area, Director of the Lingang New Area Administration
• Li Zheng, Committee Secretary-general
• Hu Shijun, Political Commissar of the People's Liberation Army Shanghai Garrison
• Hua Yuan, Executive Vice Mayor

The secretary of the committee is the highest office in Shanghai, being superior to the mayor of the city. Since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the CCP Politburo.

11th Municipal Party Committee (12 May 2017 – 28 June 2022)

• Secretary: Han Zheng (until 29 October 2017), Li Qiang (from 29 October 2017)
• Deputy Secretaries: Ying Yong (Mayor, until February 2020), Yin Hong (until November 2019), Liao Guoxun (February 2020–August 2020), Gong Zheng (Mayor, from March 2020), Yu Shaoliang (October 2020–February 2022), Zhuge Yujie (from March 2022)
• Other Standing Committee members: Dong Yunhu (until May 2018), Wu Jingping (until May 2018), Zhou Bo (February 2019), Chen Yin (until October 2021), Weng Zuliang (until July 2021), Shi Xiaolin (until May 2018), Ling Xi (December 2017–May 2021), Zhou Huilin (from May 2018), Zheng Gangmiao (from June 2018), Wu Qing (from September 2019), Lin Xuexin (from May 2020), Hu Wenrong (from December 2020), Zhu Zhisong (from January 2021), Liu Jie (from May 2021), Zhao Jiaming (from March 2022), Chen Jinshan (from March 2022)

12th Municipal Party Committee (28 June 2022–)

• Secretary: Li Qiang (until 28 October 2022), Chen Jining (from 28 October 2022)

• Deputy Secretaries: Gong Zheng (Mayor), Zhuge Yujie (until March 2023), Wu Qing (July 2023–February 2024)

• Other Standing Committee members: Lin Xuexin (until October 2022), Hu Wenrong (until January 2023), Zhao Jiaming, Chen Tong, Zhu Zhisong, Zhang Wei, Chen Jinshan, Guo Fang (until June 2023), Li Yangzhe (from October 2022), Hu Shijun (from April 2023), Li Zheng (from July 2023), Hua Yuan (from February 2024)

• Politics of Shanghai