The Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the provincial committee of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in

Guangdong Province ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

. The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the province. The current secretary is

Huang Kunming Huang Kunming (born November 1956) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as the Party secretary of Guangdong and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Huang spent most of his early career in Fujian and Zhejiang province ...

, a member of the

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, who succeeded Li Xi on 28 October 2022.

Organization

The organization of the Guangdong Provincial Committee includes: * General Office

Functional Departments

* Organization Department * Propaganda Department * United Front Work Department * Political and Legal Affairs Commission * Social Work Department

Offices

* Policy Research Office * Office of the Cyberspace Affairs Commission * Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission * Office of the Institutional Organization Commission * Office of the Military-civilian Fusion Development Committee * Taiwan Work Office * Office of the Leading Group for Inspection Work * Bureau of Veteran Cadres

Dispatched institutions

* Working Committee of the Organs Directly Affiliated to the Guangdong Provincial Committee * Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin Working Committee

Organizations directly under the Committee

* Guangdong Party School * Nanfang Daily Newspaper Group * Guangdong Institute of Socialism * Party History Research Office * Guangdong Provincial Archives

Leadership

The secretary of the committee is the highest office in Guangdong, being superior to the governor of the province. Since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the

Party Committees

12th Provincial Party Committee (May 2017–May 2022) * Secretary:

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(until October 2017), Li Xi (from October 2017) * Deputy Secretaries:

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(until December 2021), Ren Xuefeng (until October 2018),

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(from December 2018),

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(from April 2022) * Other Standing Committee members: Shen Haixiong (until February 2018), Lin Shaochun (until March 2019), Zou Ming (until March 2019), He Zhongyou (until December 2019), Shi Kehui (until January 2021), Jiang Ling (until July 2018),

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(until September 2017),

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(until July 2018, put under investigation), Zhang Liming (January 2018–June 2021),

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(March 2018–April 2020),

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(February 2019–November 2021), Lin Keqing (from December 2019), Zhang Fuhai (from May 2020), Zhang Hu (from June 2020), Song Fulong (from February 2021),

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(from March 2021), Wang Shouxin (from June 2021) Sources: 13th Provincial Party Committee (May 2022–) * Secretary: Li Xi (until October 2022), Huang Kunming (from October 2022) * Deputy Secretaries:

* Other Standing Committee members: Lin Keqing (until June 2023), Song Fulong, Zhang Fuhai (until October 2022),

, Zhang Hu, Wang Xi, Yuan Gujie, Zhang Xiaoqiang (until July 2023), Wang Ruijun, Zhou He (September 2022–September 2023), Cheng Fubo (from December 2022), Guo Yonghang (from June 2023), Zhang Gong (from September 2023) Sources:

References

{{Province-level Chinese Communist Party Committees Politics of Guangdong Province-level committees of the Chinese Communist Party