Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国国务院副总理
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent Han Zheng Sun Chunlan Hu Chunhua Liu He since 19 March 2018
Style	Vice Premier (副总理) (informal)
Reports to	Premier of the State Council
Residence	Zhongnanhai
Seat	Regent Palace, Zhongnanhai, Beijing
Nominator	Premier of the State Council
Appointer	President
Term length	Five years, renewable once consecutively
Precursor	Vice Premier of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government
Inaugural holder	Chen Yun
Formation	September 1954 (1954-09)
Website	State Council

Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
Simplified Chinese	中华人民共和国国务院副总理
Traditional Chinese	中華人民共和國國務院副總理
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guówùyuàn Fùzŏnglĭ
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	国务院副总理
Traditional Chinese	國務院副總理
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guówùyuàn Fùzŏnglĭ

The vice premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国务院副总理; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guówùyuàn Fùzǒnglǐ) are high-ranking officials under the premier and above the state councillors and ministers. Generally, the title is held by multiple individuals at any given time, with each vice-premier holding a broad portfolio of responsibilities. The first vice-premier takes over duties of the premier at the time of the latter's incapacity. The incumbent vice premiers, in order of rank, are Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan, Hu Chunhua and Liu He.

The highest-ranked office holder is informally called the Senior Vice Premier or First Vice Premier (Chinese: 第一副总理) or Executive Vice Premier (Chinese: 常务副总理), a most prominent case being Deng Xiaoping in the mid-to-late 1970s. In irregular instances, the position of a senior vice premier has been named either to indicate degree of power, nominal power, or when the premier is incapacitated and requires a full-time deputy to carry out his regular duties.

Current vice-premiers

For a more comprehensive list, see List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China.

List of vice-premiers

Vice premiers of the People's Republic of China
Portrait	Information		Posts
	Rank	1st	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee (7th Ranked) finance, development, reform, land, resources, environmental protection, housing, urban-rural development, etc.
	Name	Han Zheng
	Constituency	Shaanxi At-large
	Ethnicity	Han
	Birthplace	Shanghai
	took office since	19 March 2018
	Rank	2nd	Member of the Politburo education, health, sports, & culture
	Name	Sun Chunlan
	Constituency	Jilin At-large
	Ethnicity	Han
	Birthplace	Raoyang County, Hebei
	took office since	19 March 2018
	Rank	3rd	Member of the Politburo agriculture, water resources, commerce, & tourism
	Name	Hu Chunhua
	Constituency	Hunan At-large
	Ethnicity	Han
	Birthplace	Wufeng County, Hubei
	took office since	19 March 2018
	Rank	4th	Member of the Politburo industry, transport, bank, human resources, & social security
	Name	Liu He
	Constituency	Shanxi At-large
	Ethnicity	Han
	Birthplace	Beijing
	took office since	19 March 2018

See also

• State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Premier of the People's Republic of China
  • List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China
  • State Councilor
  • Secretary-General of the State Council
• Political position ranking of the People's Republic of China