Historically, the Deputy Secretary-General has been a powerful position. Its title holders are often involved in the day-to-day management of government and has direct access to the state council's most important officeholders, including the Premier and Vice-Premiers. Many Deputy Secretaries-General are later promoted to higher positions such as leading a ministry or a province. Ma Kai and Wang Yang eventually ascended to become Vice-Premier.
Name (birth–death) | Chinese characters | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Notes |
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Qi Yanming (1907–1978) | 齐燕铭 | 1 November 1954 | 1 March 1965 | 1954|11|1|1965|3|1}} |
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Tao Xijin (1908–1992) | 陶希晋 | 1 November 1954 | August 1959 | 1954|11|1|1959|8|1}} |
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Chang Lifu (1912–2006) | 常黎夫 | 1 November 1954 | February 1959 | 1954|11|1|1959|2|1}} |
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Zhang Ce (1911–1999) | 张策 | 1 November 1954 | April 1958 | 1954|11|1|1958|4|1}} |
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Gong Zirong (1914–1995) | 龚子荣 | 1 November 1954 | March 1965 | 1954|11|1|1965|3|1}} |
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Zeng Yifan (1907–1967) | 曾一凡 | 1 November 1954 | March 1965 | 1954|11|1|1965|3|1}} |
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Yang Fangzhi (1908–2003) | 杨放之 | 1 November 1954 | May 1966 | 1954|11|1|1966|5|1}} |
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Zhao Shougong (1912–1979) | 赵守攻 | August 1958 | February 1965 | 1958|8|1|1965|2|1}} |
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Yang Dongchun (1900–1979) | 杨东莼 | August 1959 | May 1966 | 1959|8|1|1966|5|1}} |
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Tong Xiaopeng (1914–2007) | 童小鹏 | August 1959 | May 1966 | 1959|8|1|1966|5|1}} |
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Feng Xuan (1915–1986) | 冯铉 | August 1959 | March 1965 | 1959|8|1|1965|3|1}} |
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Gao Dengbang (1914–1993) | 高登榜 | August 1959 | May 1966 | 1959|8|1|1966|5|1}} |
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Lu Yuwen (1900–1968) | 卢郁文 | August 1959 | May 1966 | 1959|8|1|1966|5|1}} |
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Zhou Rongxin (1917–1976) | 周荣鑫 | October 1963 | January 1965 | 1963|10|1|1965|1|1}} |
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Zhao Pengfei (1920–2005) | 赵鹏飞 | October 1963 | May 1966 | 1963|10|1|1966|5|1}} |
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Luo Qingchang (1918–2014) | 罗青长 | March 1965 | May 1966 | 1965|3|1|1966|5|1}} |
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Xu Ming (1919–1966) | 许明 | March 1965 | May 1966 | 1965|3|1|1966|5|1}} |
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Zheng Siyuan (1914–2017) | 郑思远 | March 1965 | May 1966 | 1965|3|1|1966|5|1}} | Purged during Cultural Revolution |
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Wu Qingtong (1924–2016) | 吴庆彤 | March 1979 | November 1985 | 1979|3|1|1985|11|1}} |
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Zheng Siyuan (1914–2017) | 郑思远 | March 1979 | November 1985 | 1979|3|1|1985|11|1}} | (Second term) |
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Feng Jiping (1911–1983) | 冯基平 | July 1979 | April 1981 | 1979|3|1|1981|4|1}} |
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Li Liyin (1918–2010) | 李力殷 | July 1979 | August 1983 | 1979|3|1|1983|8|1}} |
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Du Xingyuan (1914–2011) | 杜星垣 | April 1980 | March 1981 | 1980|4|1|1981|3|1}} |
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Song Yiping (1917–2005) | 宋一平 | May 1980 | August 1983 | 1980|5|1|1983|8|1}} |
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Chen Chu (1917–1999) | 陈楚 | September 1980 | 1984 | 1980|9|1|1984|1|1}} |
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Mao Lianjue (1922–1985) | 毛联珏 | May 1980 | February 1982 | 1980|5|1|1982|2|1}} |
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Yuan Jinxiu (1922–1985) | 袁晋修 | September 1980 | 27 March 1983 | 1980|9|1|1983|3|27}} |
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Wang Fulin (c. 1924–2003) | 王伏林 | September 1980 | August 1983 | 1980|9|1|1983|8|1}} |
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Tian Jiyun (born 1929) | 田纪云 | March 1981 | 20 June 1983 | 1981|3|1|1983|6|20}} | Later became Vice-Premier |
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Liu Zhihan (1914–2014) | 刘志汉 | May 1981 | August 1983 | 1981|5|1|1983|8|1}} |
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Gu Ming (1919–2008) | 顾明 | August 1981 | August 1983 | 1981|8|1|1983|3|1}} |
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Ma Hong (1920–2007) | 马洪 | April 1982 | August 1983 | 1982|4|1|1983|8|1}} |
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Zhou Shaozheng (1926–2007) | 周绍铮 | May 1982 | August 1983 | 1982|5|1|1983|8|1}} |
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Li Hao (born 1926) | 李灏 | August 1983 | August 1985 | 1983|8|1|1985|8|1}} |
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Ai Zhisheng (1928–1997) | 艾知生 | August 1983 | April 1985 | 1983|8|1|1985|4|1}} |
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Zhang Wenshou (1926–2009) | 张文寿 | December 1984 | 3 May 1988 | 1984|12|1|1988|5|3}} |
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Zhang Jingyuan (born ?) | 张镜源 | December 1984 | February 1986 | 1984|12|1|1986|2|1}} |
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Liu Suinian (1929–2002) | 柳随年 | August 1985 | March 1986 | 1985|8|1|1986|3|1}} |
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Yan Ying (born 1957) | 阎颖 | August 1985 | July 1990 | 1985|8|1|1990|7|1}} |
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Wang Shuming (1933–2013) | 王书明 | November 1985 | June 1993 | 1985|11|1|1993|6|1}} |
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Bai Meiqing (born 1931) | 白美清 | December 1985 | July 1990 | 1985|12|1|1990|7|1}} |
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Li Chang'an (born 1935) | 李昌安 | 12 June 1987 | July 1993 | 1987|6|12|1993|7|1}} |
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Chang Jie (born 1929) | 常捷 | July 1987 | November 1990 | 1987|7|1|1990|11|1}} |
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He Chunlin (born 1933) | 何椿霖 | 3 May 1988 | March 1998 | 1988|5|3|1998|3|1}} |
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Liu Zhongde (1933–2012) | 刘忠德 | 3 May 1988 | July 1990 | 1988|5|3|1990|7|1}} | Later became Minister of Culture |
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Li Shizhong (born ?) | 李世忠 | 3 May 1988 | February 1995 | 1988|5|3|1995|2|1}} |
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Xi Dehua (1933–2013) | 席德华 | 3 May 1988 | May 1995 | 1988|5|3|1995|5|1}} |
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An Chengxin (1939–2012) | 安成信 | 3 May 1988 | May 1993 | 1988|5|3|1993|5|1}} |
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Liu Zhongli (born 1934) | 刘仲藜 | July 1990 | 4 September 1992 | 1990|7|1|1992|9|4}} | Later became Minister of Finance |
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Xu Zhijian (born 1935) | 徐志坚 | July 1990 | 10 December 1996 | 1990|7|1|1996|12|10}} |
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Liu Jimin (born 1938) | 刘济民 | June 1993 | March 1998 | 1993|6|1|1998|3|1}} |
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Li Shuwen (born 1940) | 李树文 | July 1993 | March 1998 | 1993|7|1|1998|3|1}} |
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Zhang Kezhi (1941–2004) | 张克智 | July 1993 | March 1998 | 1993|7|1|1998|3|1}} |
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Liu Qibao (born 1953) | 刘奇葆 | July 1994 | March 1998 | 1994|7|1|1998|3|1}} | Later became Head of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party |
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Zhang Zuoji (born 1945) | 张左己 | November 1994 | 18 March 1998 | 1994|11|1|1998|3|18}} | Later became Governor of Heilongjiang province |
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Jin Renqing (born 1944) | 金人庆 | May 1995 | November 1995 | 1995|5|1|1995|11|1}} | Later became Minister of Finance |
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Yang Jingyu (born 1936) | 杨景宇 | May 1995 | March 1998 | 1995|5|1|1998|3|1}} |
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Zhou Zhengqing (born 1935) | 周正庆 | June 1995 | March 1998 | 1995|6|1|1998|3|1}} |
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Shi Xiushi (born 1942) | 石秀诗 | September 1996 | 11 January 2011 | 1996|9|1|2001|1|11}} |
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Cui Zhanfu (born 1942) | 崔占福 | September 1996 | 11 January 2011 | 1996|9|1|2003|1|16}} |
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Ma Kai (born 1946) | 马凯 | March 1998 | 2003 | 1998|3|1|2003|1|1}} | Later became Vice-Premier |
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Xu Rongkai (born 1942) | 徐荣凯 | March 1998 | 20 June 2001 | 1998|3|1|2001|6|1}} |
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Xu Shaoshi (born 1951) | 徐绍史 | 9 January 2001 | 23 April 2007 | 2001|1|9|2007|4|23}} | Later became Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission |
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You Quan (born 1954) | 尤权 | 9 January 2001 | 30 December 2006 | 2001|1|9|2006|12|30}} | Later became party chief of Fujian province |
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Gao Qiang (born 1944) | 高强 | July 2001 | May 2003 | 2001|7|1|2003|5|1}} | Later became Minister of Health |
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Jiao Huancheng (born 1949) | 焦焕成 | 3 July 2002 | 20 October 2015 | 2002|7|3|2015|10|20}} | Director of the General Administration for State Organs |
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Wang Yang (born 1955) | 汪洋 | 1 March 2003 | 5 January 2006 | 2003|3|1|2006|1|5}} | Later became Vice-Premier |
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Chen Jinyu (born 1946) | 陈进玉 | 1 May 2003 | 30 December 2006 | 2003|5|1|2006|12|30}} |
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Li Shishi (born 1953) | 李适时 | 31 December 2003 | 28 February 2008 | 2003|12|31|2008|2|28}} |
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Zhang Yong (born 1953) | 张勇 | 31 December 2003 | March 2013 | 2003|12|31|2013|3|1}} |
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Zhang Ping (born 1946) | 张平 | 5 January 2006 | 18 March 2008 | 2006|1|5|2008|3|18}} | Later became Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission |
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Xiang Zhaolun (born 1959) | 项兆伦 | 30 December 2006 | April 2013 | 2006|12|30|2013|4|1}} | Chief of the Office of the Premier |
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Lou Jiwei (born 1950) | 楼继伟 | March 2007 | October 2007 | 2007|3|1|2007|10|1}} | Later became Minister of Finance |
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Wang Yongqing (born 1959) | 汪永清 | 14 March 2008 | Incumbent | 2008|3|14}} |
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You Quan (born 1954) | 尤权 | 18 March 2008 | 15 June 2011 | 2008|3|18|2011|6|15}} | (second term) |
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Wang Yong (born 1955) | 王勇 | 18 March 2008 | 21 September 2008 | 2008|3|18|2008|9|21}} | Later became Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission |
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Qiu Xiaoxiong (born 1955) | 丘小雄 | 18 March 2008 | 15 June 2011 | 2008|3|18|2011|6|15}} |
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Bi Jingquan (born 1955) | 毕井泉 | 18 March 2008 | 27 January 2015 | 2008|3|18|2015|1|27}} |
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Wang Xuejun (born 1952) | 王学军 | 27 July 2008 | March 2013 | 2008|7|27|2013|3|1}} | Later became governor, then party chief of Anhui province |
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Xiao Yaqing (born 1959) | 肖亚庆 | 16 February 2009 | February 2016 | 2009|2|16|2016|2|1}} | Chief of Staff to Vice-Premier Ma Kai |
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Ding Xuedong (born 1960) | 丁学东 | June 2010 | 23 July 2013 | 2010|6|1|2013|7|23}} | Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu Later became Chairman and CEO of the China Investment Corporation |
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Jiang Xiaojuan (born 1957) | 江小涓 | 15 June 2011 | June 2018 | 2009|2|16|2018|6|1}} | Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Liu Yandong |
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Xiao Jie (born 1957) | 肖捷 | 15 March 2013 | 7 November 2016 | 2013|3|15|2016|11|7}} | Chief of staff to Premier Li Keqiang Later became Minister of Finance |
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Ding Xiangyang (born 1959) | 丁向阳 | 15 March 2013 | Incumbent | 2013|3|15}} | Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli, then to Vice-Premier Han Zheng |
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Shu Xiaoqin (born 1959) | 舒晓琴 | 15 March 2013 | Incumbent | 2013|3|15}} | Director of the Bureau of Letters and Calls |
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Jiang Zelin (born 1959) | 江泽林 | 24 April 2015 | February 2018 | 2015|4|24|2018|2|1}} | Chief of staff to Vice-Premier Wang Yang |
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Meng Yang (born ?) | 孟杨 | 14 May 2015 | Incumbent | 2015|5|13}} | Director of the First Secretarial Department |
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Peng Shujie (born 1963) | 彭树杰 | 8 December 2015 | Incumbent | 2015|12|8}} |
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Ding Xuedong (born 1960) | 丁学东 | 31 March 2017 | Incumbent | 2017|3|31}} | (Second term) Chief of staff to Premier Li Keqiang |
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Li Baorong (born 1958) | 李宝荣 | April 2017 | Incumbent | 2017|4|1}} |
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Lu Junhua (born 1962) | 陆俊华 | 22 June 2018 | Incumbent | 2018|6|22}} |
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