Politics of Shenzhen

The politics of Shenzhen in Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The mayor of Shenzhen is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Shenzhen or Shenzhen Municipal Government. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Shenzhen, colloquially termed the "CCP Party Chief of Shenzhen" or "Communist Party Secretary of Shenzhen".

List of mayors of Shenzhen

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No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
1 Jia Hua 贾华 23 January 1979 17 June 1980

After Shenzhen was designated as a Special Economic Zone

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No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
1 Wu Nansheng 吴南生 17 June 1980 6 March 1981
2 Liang Xiang 梁湘 15 October 1981 12 August 1985
3 Li Hao 李灏 12 August 1986 23 May 1990
4 Zheng Liangyu 郑良玉 23 May 1990 17 November 1992
5 Li Youwei 厉有为 17 November 1992 23 May 1995
6 Li Zibin 李子彬 23 May 1995 18 June 2000
7 Yu Youjun 于幼军 18 June 2000 17 June 2003
8 Li Hongzhong 李鸿忠 17 June 2003 3 June 2005
9 Xu Zongheng 许宗衡 3 June 2005 June 2009
10 Wang Rong 王荣 June 2009 June 2010
11 Xu Qin 许勤 June 2010 April 2017
12 Chen Rugui 陈如桂 July 2017 [1]

List of CCP Party secretaries of Shenzhen

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No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
1 Zhang Xunfu 张勋甫 23 January 1979 17 June 1980

After Shenzhen was designated as a Special Economic Zone

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No. English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
1 Wu Nansheng 吴南生 17 June 1980 6 March 1981 [2]
2 Liang Xiang 梁湘 6 March 1981 15 May 1986
3 Li Hao 李灏 15 May 1986 April 1993
4 Li Youwei 厉有为 April 1993 January 1998
5 Zhang Gaoli 张高丽 January 1998 16 December 2001
6 Huang Liman 黄丽满 17 December 2001 17 March 2005
7 Li Hongzhong 李鸿忠 17 March 2005 November 2007
8 Liu Yupu 刘玉浦 September 2008 April 2010
9 Wang Rong 王荣 April 2010 March 2015
10 Ma Xingrui 马兴瑞 26 March 2015 30 December 2016
11 Xu Qin 许勤 30 December 2016 1 April 2017
12 Wang Weizhong 王伟中 1 April 2017 [3]

Laws

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The city government introduced a good samaritan law in 2013, which intends to protect potential good samaritans from being scammed by people pretending to be victims.[4] This was the first such law passed by a municipal government in mainland China.[5] In 2020 the city passed the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Regulations on the Comprehensive Ban on Wild Animals", effective May 1 of that year, which also banned eating cats, dogs, and several other species, also making it the first in mainland China.[6]

Paid leave became legally required in November 2020.[7]

References

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  1. ^ 第12任深圳市长正式就职. Sohu (in Chinese). 2017-08-22.
  2. ^ 中国的“孙悟空”走了 深圳第一任市委书记病逝. ifeng (in Chinese). 2018-04-11.
  3. ^ 王伟中任广东省委常委 接替许勤任深圳市委书记. 163.com (in Chinese). 2017-04-03.
  4. ^ He, Huifeng (2013-08-01). "Shenzhen introduces Good Samaritan law". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  5. ^ "Shenzhen works on first 'Good Samaritan law'". South China Morning Post. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  6. ^ "Shenzhen becomes first city in China to ban consumption of cats and dogs". DNA India. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  7. ^ Kirton, David (2020-11-11). "Workaholic Shenzhen city makes leave time mandatory in first for China". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
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