Politics of Tianjin

The politics of Tianjin is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

The Mayor of Tianjin is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Tianjin. Since Tianjin is a centrally administered municipality, the mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Tianjin Communist Party of China Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Tianjin CPC Party chief".

List of Communist Party Chiefs

#	Name	Tenure	Notes
1	Huang Kecheng	January 1949 – June 1949
2	Huang Jing	June 1949 – April 1953	Father of Yu Zhengsheng
3	Huang Huoqing	April 1953 – June 1958
4	Wan Xiaotang	June 1958 – September 1966	Died in office, criticized during Cultural Revolution, later rehabilitated.
5	Xie Xuegong	January 1967 – June 1978	Chairman of the Tianjin Revolutionary Committee
6	Lin Hujia (林乎加)	June 1978 – October 1978
7	Chen Weida	October 1978 – October 1984
8	Ni Zhifu	October 1984 – September 1987
9	Li Ruihuan	September 1987 – October 1989	Later Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Politburo Standing Committee (1992–2002)
10	Tan Shaowen	October 1989 – February 1993	Died in office
–	Nie Bichu	February 1993 – March 1993	Acting
11	Gao Dezhan (高德占)	March 1993 – August 1997
12	Zhang Lichang	August 1997 – March 2007
13	Zhang Gaoli	March 2007 – November 2012	Politburo Standing Committee (2012–) Vice Premier (2013–)
14	Sun Chunlan	November 2012 – December 2014
–	Huang Xingguo	December 2014	Acting

List of the Mayors of Tianjin

1. Huang Jing (黄敬): January 1949-August 1952
2. Wu De (吴德): October 1952-January 1955
3. Huang Huoqing: January 1955-June 1958
4. Li Gengtao (李耕涛): June 1958-September 1963
5. Hu Zhaoheng (胡昭衡): September 1963-1966
6. Xie Xuegong (解学恭): December 1967-June 1978
7. Lin Hujia (林乎加): June 1978-October 1978
8. Chen Weida (陈伟达): October 1978-June 1980
9. Hu Qili (胡启立): June 1980-April 1982
10. Li Ruihuan: May 1982-November 1989
11. Nie Bichu (聂璧初): November 1989-June 1993
12. Zhang Lichang: June 1993-May 1998
13. Li Shenglin (李盛霖): May 1998-December 2002
14. Dai Xianglong (戴相龙): December 2002- December 2007
15. Huang Xingguo (黄兴国): December 2007-incumbent

List of the Chairmen of Tianjin People's Congress

1. Yan Dakai (阎达开): June 1980－April 1983
2. Zhang Zaiwang (张再旺): April 1983－May 1988
3. Wu Zhen (吴振): May 1988－June 1993
4. Nie Bichu (聂璧初): June 1993－May 1998
5. Zhang Lichang: May 1998－January 2003
6. Fang Fengyou (房凤友): January 2003－January 2006
7. Liu Shengyu (刘胜玉): January 2006－January 2011
8. Xiao Huaiyuan (肖怀远): January 2011－incumbent

List of the Chairmen of Tianjin CPPCC Tianjin Committee

1. Huang Huoqing (黄火青): March 1955－March 1960
2. Wan Xiaotang (万晓塘): March 1960－September 1966
3. Xie Xuegong (解学恭): December 1977－July 1979
4. Yan Dakai (阎达开): July 1979－June 1980
5. Huang Zhigang (黄志刚): June 1980－April 1983
6. Chen Bing (陈冰): April 1983－April 1987
7. Wu Zhen (吴振): April 1987－May 1988
8. Tan Shaowen: May 1988－April 1990
9. Liu Jinfeng (刘晋峰): April 1990－May 1998
10. Fang Fengyou (房凤友): May 1998－January 2003
11. Song Pingshun (宋平顺): January 2003－June 2007
12. Xing Yuanmin (邢元敏): January 2008－January 2013
13. He Lifeng: January 2013－May 2014
14. Zang Xianfu (臧献甫): May 2014－