List of vice premiers of the People's 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.

List of vice premiers

The vice premiership of the 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

No.	Portrait	First-ranked Vice-Premier	NPC	Term of office		Premiers
Vice Premiers of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government (1949–54)						Zhou Enlai
—		Dong Biwu 董必武 (1886–1975) Hubei At-large	CP	1 October 1949	15 September 1954
			Other Vice-Premiers: 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
			Other 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
			Other 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)
			Other 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
			Other 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)
			Other 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, Sun Jian (11th)
			V	5 March 1978	10 September 1980 (resigned)	Hua Guofeng
			Other 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 (1917–2015) Anhui At-large	V (cont)	10 September 1980 (acting)	6 June 1983	Zhao Ziyang
			Other 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)
			Other 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
			Other 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
			Other Vice-Premiers: Zou Jiahua (2nd), Qian Qichen (3rd), Li Lanqing (4th), later: Wu Bangguo, Jiang Chunyun
7		Li Lanqing 李岚清 (1933–) Jiangsu At-large	IX	17 March 1998	6 March 2003	Zhu Rongji
			Other Vice-Premiers: Qian Qichen (2nd) Wu Bangguo (3rd) Wen Jiabao (4th)
8		Huang Ju 黄菊 (1938–2007) Shanghai At-large	X	6 March 2003	2 June 2007 (died in office)	Wen Jiabao
			Other Vice-Premiers: Wu Yi (2nd) Zeng Peiyan (3rd) Hui Liangyu (4th)
—		Wu Yi 吴仪 (1938–) Zhejiang At-large	X (cont)	2 June 2007 (acting)	16 March 2008
			Other Vice-Premiers: Zeng Peiyan (2nd) Hui Liangyu (3rd)
9		Li Keqiang 李克强 (1955–2023) Liaoning At-large	XI	16 March 2008	16 March 2013
			Other Vice-Premiers: Hui Liangyu (2nd) Zhang Dejiang (3rd) Wang Qishan (4th)
10		Zhang Gaoli 张高丽 (1947–) Tianjin At-large	XII	16 March 2013	19 March 2018	Li Keqiang
			Other Vice-Premiers: Liu Yandong (2nd) Wang Yang (3rd) Ma Kai (4th)
11		Han Zheng 韩正 (1955–) Shaanxi At-large	XIII	19 March 2018	11 March 2023
			Other Vice-Premiers: Sun Chunlan (2nd) Hu Chunhua (3rd) Liu He (4th)
12		Ding Xuexiang 丁薛祥 (1963–) Jiangsu At-large	XIV	12 March 2023	Incumbent	Li Qiang
			Other Vice-Premiers: He Lifeng (2nd) Zhang Guoqing (3rd) Liu Guozhong (4th)

See also

• List of premiers of the People's Republic of China
• List of presidents of the People's Republic of China