Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council

The office of Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council (Chinese: 国务院副秘书长) functions as the deputy to the Secretary-General. Currently, five people serve as deputy secretary-general. The Deputy Secretary-General can hold concurrent positions. In general the Deputy Secretary-General has equivalent administrative rank as a vice minister of the state, though occasionally some Deputy Secretaries General will hold the rank of a minister.

Historically, the Deputy Secretary-General has been a powerful position. Its title holders are often involved in the day-to-day management of government and has direct access to the state council's most important officeholders, including the Premier and Vice-Premiers. Many Deputy Secretaries-General are later promoted to higher positions such as leading a ministry or a province. Ma Kai and Wang Yang eventually ascended to become Vice-Premier.

Officeholders

Name (birth–death)	Chinese characters	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Notes
Qi Yanming (1907–1978)	齐燕铭	1 November 1954	1 March 1965
Xi Jintao (1908–1992)	陶希晋	1 November 1954	August 1959
Chang Lifu (1912–2006)	常黎夫	1 November 1954	February 1959
Zhang Ce (1911–1999)	张策	1 November 1954	April 1958
Gong Zairong (1914–1995)	龚子荣	1 November 1954	March 1965
Zheng Yifan (1907–1967)	曾一凡	1 November 1954	March 1965
Yang Fangzhi (1908–2003)	杨放之	1 November 1954	May 1966
Zhao Shougong (1912–1979)	赵守攻	August 1958	February 1965
Yang Dongchun (1900–1979)	杨东莼	August 1959	May 1966
Tong Xiaopeng (1914–2007)	童小鹏	August 1959	May 1966
Feng Xuan (1915–1986)	冯铉	August 1959	March 1965
Gao Dengbang (1914–1993)	高登榜	August 1959	May 1966
Lu Yuwen (1900–1968)	卢郁文	August 1959	May 1966
Zhou Rongxin (1917–1976)	周荣鑫	October 1963	January 1965
Zhou Pengfei (1920–2005)	赵鹏飞	October 1963	May 1966
Luo Qingchang (1918–2014)	罗青长	March 1965	May 1966
Xu Ming (1919–1966)	许明	March 1965	May 1966
Zheng Siyuan (born 1914)	郑思远	March 1965	May 1966
Wuqing Tong (born 1924)	吴庆彤	March 1979	November 1985
Zheng Siyuan (born 1914)	郑思远	March 1979	November 1985
Feng Jiping (1911–1983)	冯基平	July 1979	April 1981
Li Liyan (1918–2010)	李力殷	July 1979	August 1983
Du Xingyuan (1914–2011)	杜星垣	April 1980	March 1981
Song Yiping (1917–2005)	宋一平	May 1980	August 1983
Chen Chu (1917–1999)	陈楚	September 1980	1984
Mao Lianjue (1922–1985)	毛联珏	May 1980	February 1982
Yuan Jinxiu (1922–1985)	袁晋修	September 1980	27 March 1983
Wang Fulin (?–2003)	王伏林	September 1980	August 1983
Tian Jiyun (born 1929)	田纪云	March 1981	20 June 1983		Later became Vice-Premier
Liu Zhihan (1914–2014)	刘志汉	May 1981	August 1983
Gu Ming (1919–2008)	顾明	August 1981	August 1983
Ma Hong (1920–2007)	马洪	April 1982	August 1983
Zhou Shaozheng (1926–2007)	周绍铮	May 1982	August 1983
Li Hao (born 1926)	李灏	August 1983	August 1985
Ai Zhisheng (1928–1997)	艾知生	August 1983	April 1985
Zhang Wenshou (1926–2009)	张文寿	December 1984	3 May 1988
Zhang Jingyuan (born ?)	张镜源	December 1984	February 1986
Liu Suinian (1929–2002)	柳随年	August 1985	March 1986
Yan Ying (born 1957)	阎颖	August 1985	July 1990
Wang Shuming (1933–2013)	王书明	November 1985	June 1993
Bai Meiqing (born 1931)	白美清	December 1985	July 1990
Li Chang (born 1935)	李昌安	12 June 1987	July 1993
Chang Jie (born 1929)	常捷	July 1987	November 1990
He Chunlin (born 1933)	何椿霖	3 May 1988	March 1998
Liu Zhongde (1933–2012)	刘忠德	3 May 1988	July 1990		Later became Minister of Culture
Li Shizhong (born ?)	李世忠	3 May 1988	February 1995
Xi Dehua (1933–2013)	席德华	3 May 1988	May 1995
An Chengxin (1939–2012)	安成信	3 May 1988	May 1993
Liu Zhongli (born 1934)	刘仲藜	July 1990	4 September 1992		Later became Minister of Finance
Xu Zhijian (born 1935)	徐志坚	July 1990	10 December 1996
Liu Jimin (born 1938)	刘济民	June 1993	March 1998
Li Shuwen (born 1940)	李树文	July 1993	March 1998
Zhangke Zhi (1941–2004)	张克智	July 1993	March 1998
Liu Qibao (born 1953)	刘奇葆	July 1994	March 1998		Later became Head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party
Zhang Zuoji (born 1945)	张左己	November 1994	18 March 1998		Later became Governor of Heilongjiang province
Jin Renqing (born 1944)	金人庆	May 1995	November 1995		Later became Minister of Finance
Yang Jingyu (born 1936)	杨景宇	May 1995	March 1998
Zhou Zhengqing (born 1935)	周正庆	June 1995	March 1998
Shi Xiushi (born 1942)	石秀诗	September 1996	11 January 2011
Cai Zhanfu (born 1942)	崔占福	September 1996	11 January 2011
Ma Kai (born 1946)	马凯	March 1998	2003		Later became Vice-Premier
Xu Rongkai (born 1942)	徐荣凯	March 1998	20 June 2001
Xu Shaoshi (born 1951)	徐绍史	9 January 2001	23 April 2007		Later became Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission
You Quan (born 1954)	尤权	9 January 2001	30 December 2006		Later became party chief of Fujian province
Gao Qiang (born 1944)	高强	July 2001	May 2003		Later became Minister of Health
Jiao Huancheng (born 1949)	焦焕成	3 July 2002	20 October 2015		Director of the General Administration for State Organs
Wang Yang (born 1955)	汪洋	March 2003	18 March 2008		Later became Vice-Premier
Chen Jinyu (born 1946)	陈进玉	1 May 2003	30 December 2006
Li Shishi (born 1953)	李适时	31 December 2003	28 February 2008
Zhang Yong (born 1953)	张勇	31 December 2003	March 2013
Zhang Ping (born 1946)	张平	5 January 2006	18 March 2008		Later became Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission
Xiang Zhaolun (born 1959)	项兆伦	30 December 2006	April 2013		Chief of the Office of the Premier
Lou Jiwei (born 1950)	楼继伟	March 2007	October 2007		Later became Minister of Finance
Wang Yongqing (born 1959)	汪永清	14 March 2008	Incumbent
You Quan (born 1954)	尤权	18 March 2008	15 June 2011		(second term)
Wang Yong (born 1955)	王勇	18 March 2008	21 September 2008		Later became Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
Qiu Xiaoxiong (born 1955)	丘小雄	18 March 2008	15 June 2011
Bi Jingquan (born 1955)	毕井泉	18 March 2008	27 January 2015
Wang Xuejun (born 1952)	王学军	27 July 2008	Incumbent		Later became Governor, then party chief of Anhui province
Xiao Yaqing (born 1959)	肖亚庆	16 February 2009	Incumbent		Chief of Staff to Vice-Premier Ma Kai
Ding Xuedong (born 1960)	丁学东	June 2010	23 July 2013		Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu
Jiang Xiaojuan (born 1957)	江小涓	15 June 2011	Incumbent		Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Liu Yandong
Xiao Jie (born 1957)	肖捷	15 March 2013	Incumbent		Chief of staff to Premier Li Keqiang
Ding Xiangyang (born 1959)	丁向阳	15 March 2013	Incumbent		Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli
Shu Xiaoqin (born 1959)	舒晓琴	15 March 2013	Incumbent		Director of the Bureau of Letters and Calls
Jiang Zelin (born 1959)	江泽林	24 April 2015	Incumbent		Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Wang Yang
Meng Yang (born ?)	孟杨	14 May 2015	Incumbent		Director of the First Secretarial Department
Peng Shujie (born 1963)	彭树杰	8 December 2015	Incumbent