Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing. The committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the city. The current secretary is Yin Li, a member of the CCP Politburo, who succeeded Cai Qi on 13 November 2022.

Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 中国共产党北京市委员会
Overview
Type	Highest decision-making organ when Beijing Municipal Congress is not in session.
Elected by	Beijing Municipal Congress
Length of term	Five years
Term limits	None
First convocation	August 1921
Leadership
Secretary	Yin Li
Deputy Secretary	Yin Yong (Mayor) Liu Wei (Specifically-designated)
Executive organ	Standing Committee
Inspection organ	Commission for Discipline Inspection
Meeting place
Beijing Municipal Committee Building

History

In 2015, government officials finalized plans to move the offices of several political organizations, including the Municipal Committee, from the city's downtown to the Tongzhou District.^[1] In 2019, the Municipal Committee, along with the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, the Municipal People's Government and the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, finished moving its offices to Tongzhou.^[2]

Organization

The organization of the Beijing Municipal Committee includes:^[3]

• General Office

Functional Departments

• Organization Department
• Propaganda Department
• United Front Work Department
• Political and Legal Affairs Commission

Offices

• Office of the Cyberspace Affairs Commission
• Office of the Institutional Organization Commission
• Office of the Leading Group for Inspection Work
• Office of the National Security Commission
• Office of the Military-civilian Fusion Development Committee
• Letters and Calls Bureau
• Taiwan Work Office
• Bureau of Veteran Cadres

Dispatched institutions

• Working Committee of the Organs Directly Affiliated to the Beijing Municipal Committee
• Rural Working Committee
• Education Working Committee

Organizations directly under the Committee

• Beijing Administration Institute
• Beijing Daily
• Beijing Institute of Socialism
• Party History Research Office
• Municipal Archives Bureau
• Beijing People's Art Theatre
• Frontline

Leadership

Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党北京市委员会书记
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
Incumbent Yin Li since November 13, 2022
Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Status	Local head of party
Nominator	Municipal Committee
Appointer	Municipal Committee
Inaugural holder	Peng Zhen
Formation	December 13, 1948
Deputy	Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Committee

Party secretaries

No.	Image	Name	Term start	Term end	Ref.
1		Peng Zhen (彭真) (1902–1997)	13 December 1948	May 1966
2		Li Xuefeng (李雪峰) (1907–2003)	May 1966	January 1967
3		Xie Fuzhi (谢富治) (1909–1972)	January 1967	26 March 1972
4		Wu De (吴德) (1913–1995)	April 1972	October 1978
5		Lin Hujia (林乎加) (1916–2018)	October 1978	January 1981
6		Duan Junyi (段君毅) (1910–2004)	January 1981	August 1984
7		Li Ximing (李锡铭) (1926–2008)	August 1984	December 1992
8		Chen Xitong (陈希同) (1930–2013)	December 1992	April 1995
9		Wei Jianxing (尉健行) (1931–2015)	April 1995	25 August 1997
10		Jia Qinglin (贾庆林) (born 1940)	25 August 1997	22 October 2002
11		Liu Qi (刘淇) (born 1942)	22 October 2002	3 July 2012
12		Guo Jinlong (郭金龙) (born 1947)	3 July 2012	27 May 2017	^[4]
13		Cai Qi (蔡奇) (born 1955)	27 May 2017	13 November 2022	^[5]
14		Yin Li (尹力) (born 1962)	13 November 2022	Incumbent	^[6]

Party Committees

12th Municipal Party Committee (June 2017–June 2022)

• Secretary: Cai Qi
• Deputy Secretaries: Chen Jining, Jing Junhai (until January 2018), Zhang Yankun (from November 2020)
• Other Standing Committee members: Zhang Gong (until October 2018), Yin Hejun (until October 2018), Zhang Shuofu (until July 2018), Lin Keqing (until December 2019), Du Feijin (until December 2021), Wei Xiaodong (until August 2021), Cui Shuqiang, Qi Jing, Jiang Yong (January 2018–January 2020), Chen Yong (October 2018–July 2021), Wang Ning (December 2018–February 2021), Yin Yong (from December 2018), Wang Chunning (January 2020–May 2020), Zhang Fandi (from May 2020), Zhang Jianming (from September 2020), Sun Meijin (from December 2020), Xia Linmao (from February 2021), Mo Gaoyi (from March 2021), You Jun (from October 2021), Chen Jian (from November 2021)
• Secretary-General: Cui Shuqiang (until September 2020), Zhang Jianming (from September 2020)

Sources:^[7]

13th Municipal Party Committee (June 2022–)

• Secretary: Cai Qi (until November 2022), Yin Li (from November 2022)
• Deputy Secretaries: Chen Jining (until October 2022), Yin Yong, Liu Wei (from December 2022)
• Other Standing Committee members: You Jun, Sun Meijun (until November 2023), Chen Jian, Mo Gaoyi, Xia Linmao, Fu Wenhua, Yang Jinbai, Jin Wei, Sun Junmin, Zhao Lei, Yu Yingjie (from December 2023)

See also

• Politics of Beijing

References

1. Johnson, Ian (2015-06-25). "China Aims to Move Beijing Government Out of City's Crowded Core". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
2. "Beijing's key municipal organs move to sub-center". Xinhua News Agency. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
3. "总汇 | 31个省份机构改革方案全部获批（图表）". Sohu. 17 November 2018. from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
4. Ng, Teddy (4 July 2012). "Mayor elected Beijing party secretary". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
5. Baptista, Eduardo; Pollard, Martin Quin; Pollard, Martin Quin (2022-10-23). "Beijing party chief Cai, Xi loyalist, vaults to top rank". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
6. Du, Juan; Zhang, Yu (13 November 2022). "New Party chief appointed for Beijing". China Daily. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
7. "北京新一届市委常委简历" [Resumes of the new Beijing Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee members]. district.ce.cn. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 2024-03-18.