List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China

Not to be confused with List of vice premiers of the Republic of China.

This is a list of the Vice premiers of the People's Republic of China since 1949.

In the People's Republic of China premiers elected by delegation of the National People's Congress every five years also are limited to two terms.

Senior Vice Premiers of the People's Republic of China (1949-present)

The Vice premiership of PRC was created since the establishment of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949.

Generations of leadership

      First Administration       Second Administration       Third Administration       Hu–Wen Administration       Xi–Li Administration

№	Portrait	Senior Vice Premier	NPC	Term of office		Premiers
Vice Premiers of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government (1949–54)						Zhou Enlai
—	130px	Dong Biwu 董必武 (1886–1975) Hubei At-large	CP	1 October 1949	15 September 1954
			Deputy Vice Premiers: 120x120px Chen Yun (2nd) Guo Moruo (3rd) Huang Yanpei (4th) Deng Xiaoping (5th)
Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (1954-present)
1		Chen Yun 陈云 (1905–1995) Shanghai At-large	I	15 September 1954	18 April 1959
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Lin Biao (2nd), Peng Dehuai (3rd), Deng Xiaoping (4th), Deng Zihui (5th), He Long (6th), Chen Yi (7th), Ulanhu (8th), Li Fuchun (9th), Li Xiannian (10th)
			II	18 April 1959	21 December 1964
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Lin Biao (2nd), Peng Dehuai (3rd), Deng Xiaoping (4th), Deng Zihui (5th), He Long (6th), Chen Yi (7th), Ulanhu (8th), Li Fuchun (9th), Li Xiannian (10th), Nie Rongzhen (11th), Bo Yibo (12th), Tan Zhenlin (13th), Lu Dingyi (14th), Luo Ruiqing (15th), Xi Zhongxun (16th)
2		Lin Biao 林彪 (1907–1971) PLA At-large	III	21 December 1964	13 September 1971 (died in office)
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Chen Yun (2nd), Deng Xiaoping (3rd), He Long (4th), Chen Yi (5th), Ke Qingshi (6th), Ulanhu (7th), Li Fuchun (8th), Li Xiannian (9th), Tan Zhenlin (10th), Nie Rongzhen (11th), Bo Yibo (12th), Lu Dingyi (13th), Luo Ruiqing (14th), Tao Zhu (15th), Xie Fuzhi (16th)
3		Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 (1904–1997) Beijing At-large	III (cont)	13 September 1971 (acting)	4 January 1975
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Chen Yun (2nd), He Long (3rd), Chen Yi (4th), Ke Qingshi (5th), Ulanhu (6th), Li Fuchun (7th), Li Xiannian (8th), Tan Zhenlin (9th), Nie Rongzhen (10th), Bo Yibo (11th), Lu Dingyi (12th), Luo Ruiqing (13th), Tao Zhu (14th), Xie Fuzhi (15th)
			IV	4 January 1975	5 March 1978	Zhou Enlai (1975–1976) Hua Guofeng* (1976–1978)
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Zhang Chunqiao (2nd), Li Xiannian (3rd), Chen Xilian (4th), Ji Dengkui (5th), Hua Guofeng* (6th), Chen Yonggui (7th), Wu Guixian (8th), Wang Zhen (9th), Yu Qiuli (10th), Gu Mu, Song Jian (11th)
			V	5 March 1978	10 September 1980 (resigned)	Hua Guofeng
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Li Xiannian (2nd), Xu Xiangqian (3rd), Ji Dengkui (4th), Yu Qiuli (5th), Chen Xilian (6th), Geng Biao (7th), Chen Yonggui (8th), Fang Yi (9th), Wang Zhen (10th), Gu Mu (11th), Kang Shi'en (12th), Chen Muhua (13th)
4		Wan Li 万里 (1916–2015) Anhui At-large	V (cont)	10 September 1980 (acting)	6 June 1983	Zhao Ziyang
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Li Xiannian (2nd), Xu Xiangqian (3rd), Ji Dengkui (4th), Yu Qiuli (5th), Chen Xilian (6th), Geng Biao (7th), Chen Yonggui (8th), Fang Yi (9th), Wang Zhen (10th), Gu Mu (11th), Kang Shi'en (12th), Chen Muhua (13th)
			VI	6 June 1983	25 March 1988	Zhao Ziyang (1980–1987) Li Peng* (1987–1988)
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Yao Yilin (2nd), Li Peng* (3rd), Tian Jiyun (4th), later: Qiao Shi
5		Yao Yilin 姚依林 (1917–1994) Jiangxi At-large	VII	25 March 1988	5 March 1993	Li Peng
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Tian Jiyun (2nd), Wu Xueqian (3rd), later: Zou Jiahua, Zhu Rongji
6		Zhu Rongji 朱镕基 (1928–) Hunan At-large	VIII	25 March 1993	17 March 1998
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Zou Jiahua (2nd), Qian Qichen (3rd), Li Lanqing (4th), later: Wu Bangguo, Jiang Chunyun
7		Li Lanqing 李岚清 (1932–) Jiangsu At-large	IX	17 March 1998	6 March 2003	Zhu Rongji
			Deputy Vice Premiers: 120px Qian Qichen (2nd) Wu Bangguo (3rd) Wen Jiabao (4th)
8	130px	Huang Ju 黄菊 (1938–2007) Shanghai At-large	X	6 March 2003	2 June 2007 (died in office)	Wen Jiabao
			Deputy Vice Premiers: 110px 120px 120px Wu Yi (2nd) Zeng Peiyan (3rd) Hui Liangyu (4th)
—	130px	Wu Yi 吴仪 (1938–) Zhejiang At-large	X (cont)	2 June 2007 (acting)	16 March 2008
			Deputy Vice Premiers: 120px 120px Zeng Peiyan (2nd) Hui Liangyu (3rd)
9		Li Keqiang 李克强 (1955–) Liaoning At-large	XI	16 March 2008	16 March 2013
			Deputy Vice Premiers: 120px Hui Liangyu (2nd) Zhang Dejiang (3rd) Wang Qishan (4th)
10		Zhang Gaoli 张高丽 (1946–) Tianjin At-large	XII	16 March 2013	Incumbent (term expires 2018)	Li Keqiang
			Deputy Vice Premiers: Liu Yandong (2nd) Wang Yang (3rd) Ma Kai (4th)

See also

• Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
• List of premiers of the People's Republic of China
• List of Presidents of the People's Republic of China
• List of Vice Presidents of the People's Republic of China