Politics of Guangdong

The Politics of Guangdong follows a dual party-government system like the rest of China's provinces. Guangdong is known for a surge of legislative activism in recent years, often called the Guangdong Phenomenon (Guangdong Xianxiang). The Guangdong Provincial People's Congress has enacted measures to increase democracy and transparency, and exert more control over the financial sector. In a well-publicized case in 2000, the Guangdong PPC also harshly criticized the Environmental Protection Bureau for allowing the construction of an electroplating park without a proper environmental impact investigation.

List of Party Committee Secretaries

№	Party chief	Term Start	Term End	Notes
1	Ye Jianying (叶剑英)	August 1949	July 1955	Civil War Communist general Marshal of the People's Republic of China leading national figure in the late stages of the Cultural Revolution
2	Tao Zhu (陶铸)	July 1955	February 1965	Purged in 1967 during Cultural Revolution
3	Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳)	February 1965	March 1967	Premier (1983-87) General Secretary of the Communist Party(1987-89)
4	Huang Yongsheng (黄永胜)	February 1968	November 1969	General; close associate of Lin Biao Purged in 1972
5	Liu Xingyuan (刘兴元)	November 1969	December 1972
6	Ding Sheng (丁盛)	December 1972	December 1973	General
7	Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳) (Second term)	April 1974	October 1975	Premier (1983-87) General Secretary of the Communist Party(1987-89)
8	Wei Guoqing (韦国清)	October 1975	December 1978	Director of the PLA's General Political Department (1977–82)
9	Xi Zhongxun (习仲勋)	December 1978	November 1980	Vice-Premier (1959-62) Father of Xi Jinping
10	Ren Zhongyi (任仲夷)	November 1980	July 1985
11	Lin Ruo (林若)	July 1985	January 1991
12	Xie Fei (谢非)	January 1991	March 1998
13	Li Changchun (李长春)	March 1998	November 2002	Politburo Standing Committee (2002-12) National propaganda chief
14	Zhang Dejiang (张德江)	November 2002	October 2007	Politburo Standing Committee (2012-) Chairman of the National People's Congress (2013-)
15	Wang Yang (汪洋)	October 2007	December 2012	Vice Premier (2013-)
16	Hu Chunhua (胡春华)	18 December 2012 -	Incumbent

List of Governors

1. Ye Jianying, November 1948 - September 1953
2. Tao Zhu: September 1953 - August 1957
3. Chen Yu (陈郁) (1957-1967)
4. Huang Yongsheng: November 1967 - June 1969
5. Liu Xingyuan (刘兴元): June 1969 - April 1972
6. Ding Sheng: April 1972 - April 1974
7. Zhao Ziyang: April 1974 - October 1975
8. Wei Guoqing: October 1975 - January 1979
9. Xi Zhongxun: (1979-1981)
10. Liu Tianfu (刘田夫): (1981-1983)
11. Liang Lingguang (梁灵光): (1983-1985)
12. Ye Xuanping: (1985-1991)
13. Zhu Senlin: (1991-1996)
14. Lu Ruihua: (1996-2003)
15. Huang Huahua: (2003-2011)
16. Zhu Xiaodan: (2011-present)

List of Chairmen of Guangdong People's Congress

1. Li Jianzhen (李坚真): 1979-1983
2. Luo Tian (罗天): 1983-1990
3. Lin Ruo (林若): 1990-1996
4. Zhu Senlin (朱森林): 1996-2001
5. Zhang Guoying (张帼英): 2001-2003
6. Lu Zhonghe (卢钟鹤): 2003-2005
7. Huang Liman (黄丽满): 2005-January 2008
8. Ou Guangyuan (欧广源): January 2008-January 2013
9. Huang Longyun (黄龙云): January 2013-incumbent

List of Chairmen of Guangdong CPPCC

1. Tao Zhu (陶铸): 1955-1960　
2. Ou Mengjue (区梦觉): 1960-1967　
3. Wang Shoudao (王首道): 1977-1979　
4. Yin Linping (尹林平): 1979-1983　
5. Liang Weilin (梁威林): 1983-1985
6. Wu Nansheng (吴南生): 1985-1993　
7. Guo Rongchang (郭荣昌): 1993-2003　
8. Liu Fengyi (刘凤仪): 2003　
9. Chen Shaoji (陈绍基): 2004-April 2009
10. Huang Longyun: 2009-2013
11. Zhu Mingguo: 2013-2014
12. Wang Rong: 2015-