Secretary-General of the State Council

The Secretary-General of the State Council (Chinese: 国务院秘书长; pinyin: Guówùyuàn Mìshūzhǎng) is an executive position within the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It ranks below the Premier and above the Ministers of various ministries and departments.[1][2]

The current secretary general is Xiao Jie.

Role

The Secretary-General is responsible for the day-to-day work of the State Council and is in charge of the State Council General Office.[3]

List of Secretaries-General

No.	Name	Start of Term	End of Term
Secretary-General of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government (中央人民政府政务院秘书长)
1	Li Weihan	October 1949	September 1953
2	Xi Zhongxun	September 1953	September 1954
Secretary-General of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国国务院秘书长)
1	Xi Zhongxun	September 1954	January 1965
2	Zhou Rongxin	January 1965	January 1975
post abolished
3	Jin Ming	June 1979	February 1980
4	Ji Pengfei	February 1980	May 1982
5	Du Xingyuan (杜星垣)	May 1982	June 1983
6	Tian Jiyun	June 1983	September 1985
7	Chen Junsheng	September 1985	December 1988
8	Luo Gan	December 1988	March 1998
9	Wang Zhongyu	March 1998	March 2003
10	Hua Jianmin	March 2003	March 2008
11	Ma Kai	March 2008	March 2013
12	Yang Jing	March 2013	March 2018
13	Xiao Jie	March 2018	Incumbent

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-12-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "The State Council".
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)