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{{Infobox Political post
| post = Mayor
| body = the Chongqing Municipal People's Government
| insignia = File:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = [[National Emblem of China]]
| flag = Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
| flagcaption = [[Flag of China]]
| flagsize = 125px
| image = 胡衡华 (53287447433).jpg
| imagesize = 
| incumbent = [[Hu Henghua]]
| incumbentsince = 30 December 2021
| style = 
| status = [[Civil service of the People's Republic of China#Levels and ranking system|Provincial and ministerial-level official]]
| residence = 
| termlength = Five years, renewable
| constituting_instrument = 
| precursor = 
| inaugural = [[Chen Xilian]]
| formation = 2 December 1949
| deputy = Deputy Mayors<br>Secretary-General
| salary = 
| website = 
| appointer = [[Chongqing Municipal People's Congress]]
| native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|重庆市人民政府市长}}
| department = [[Chongqing Municipal People's Government]]
| reports_to = [[Chongqing Municipal People's Congress]] and its Standing Committee
| type = Head of government
| nominator = Presidium of the [[Chongqing Municipal People's Congress]]
}}The '''mayor of Chongqing''', officially the '''Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government''', is the head of [[Chongqing|Chongqing Municipality]] and leader of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government.

The mayor is elected by the [[Chongqing Municipal People's Congress]], and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The mayor is a [[Civil service of the People's Republic of China|provincial level official]] and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the municipal government. The mayor is assisted by an executive vice mayor as well as several vice mayors. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the [[Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]] and as a member of the [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Central Committee]]. The mayor the second-highest ranking official in the city after the [[Party Secretary of Chongqing|secretary of the CCP Chongqing Committee]].<ref name=":222">{{Cite web |title=Decoding Chinese Politics: Provincial Leaders |url=https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/decoding-chinese-politics?policy=provincial-leaders&group=organizations&size=rank&connection=personal |access-date=5 March 2025 |website=[[Asia Society]]}}</ref> The current mayor is [[Hu Henghua]], who took office on 30 December 2021.

== List of mayors ==

=== Republic of China ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Officeholder
! colspan="2" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |{{Ref.}}
|-
!Took office
!Left office
|-
! colspan="6" |Supervisor of the Chongqing Commercial Port Supervision Office
|-
!1
|[[File:Yang_Sen.jpg|157x157px]]
|[[Yang Sen]]
{{small|(1884–1977)}}
|November 1921
|August 1922
|
|-
! colspan="6" |Supervisor of the Chongqing Municipal Government Office
|-
!2
|[[File:Deng_Xihou.jpg|156x156px]]
|[[Deng Xihou]]
{{small|(1889–1964)}}
|February 1923
|
|
|-
!3
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Cheng Guodong]]
{{small|(1879–1954)}}
|
|
|
|-
!4
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Zhu Zongque]]
{{small|(?–?)}}
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="6" |Supervisor of the Chongqing Commercial Port Supervisory Office
|-
!5
|[[File:Tang_Shizun.jpg|143x143px]]
|[[Tang Shizun]]
{{small|(1884–1950)}}
|June 1926
|
|
|-
!6
|[[File:PANWENHUA.jpg|146x146px]]
|[[Pan Wenhua]]
{{small|(1886–1950)}}
|July 1926
|1 November 1927
|<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=6 September 2007 |title=25 Mayors of Chongqing |url=http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415075415/http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |archive-date=April 15, 2011 |publisher=[[People's Daily Online]] |language=zh}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="6" |Mayor of the Chongqing City Hall
|-
!(6)
|[[File:PANWENHUA.jpg|146x146px]]
|[[Pan Wenhua]]
{{small|(1886–1950)}}
|1 November 1927
|15 February 1929
|<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=6 September 2007 |title=25 Mayors of Chongqing |url=http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415075415/http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |archive-date=April 15, 2011 |publisher=[[People's Daily Online]] |language=zh}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="6" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal Government
|-
!(6)
|[[File:PANWENHUA.jpg|146x146px]]
|[[Pan Wenhua]]
{{small|(1886–1950)}}
|15 February 1929
|June 1935
|<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=6 September 2007 |title=25 Mayors of Chongqing |url=http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415075415/http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |archive-date=April 15, 2011 |publisher=[[People's Daily Online]] |language=zh}}</ref>
|-
!7
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Zhang Biguo]]
{{small|(1891–1936)}}
|24 June 1935
|11 April 1936
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!8
|[[File:李宏錕.jpg|166x166px]]
|[[Li Hongkun]]
{{small|(1895–1957)}}
|1936
|July 1938
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!9
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Jiang Zhicheng]]
{{small|(1893–1949)}}
|1 August 1938
|5 May 1939
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="6" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal Government (city directly under the Central Government)
|-
!10
|[[File:He_Guoguang.jpg|156x156px]]
|[[He Guoguang]]
{{small|(1885–1969)}}
|15 May 1939
|5 December 1939
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!11
|[[File:K._C._Wu_1950s_2.jpg|107x107px]]
|[[K. C. Wu]]
{{small|(1903–1984)}}
|December 1939
|16 December 1942
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!12
|[[File:He_Yaozu2.jpg|166x166px]]
|[[He Yaozu]]
{{small|(1889–1961)}}
|16 December 1942
|November 1945
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!13
|[[File:Zhang_Dulun.jpg|134x134px]]
|[[Zhang Dulun]]
{{small|(1892–1958)}}
|1 December 1945
|April 1948
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!14
|[[File:Yang_Sen.jpg|157x157px]]
|[[Yang Sen]]
{{small|(1884–1977)}}
|April 1948
|30 November 1949
|<ref name=":0" />
|}

=== People's Republic of China ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Officeholder
! colspan="2" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |{{Ref.}}
|-
!Took office
!Left office
|-
! colspan="7" |Director of the People's Liberation Army Military Control Commission of Chongqing Municipality
|-
!1
|[[File:Zhang Jichun.jpg|frameless|142x142px]]
|[[Zhang Jichun]]
{{small|(1900–1968)}}
|3 December 1949
|?
|[[Chinese Communist Party]]
|
|-
! colspan="7" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government
|-
!1
|[[File:Chenxillian.jpg|130x130px]]
|[[Chen Xilian]]
{{small|(1915–1995)}}
|2 December 1949
|September 1950
| rowspan="2" |Chinese Communist Party
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!2
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Cao Diqiu]]
{{small|(1909–1976)}}
|December 1951
|19 June 1954
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="7" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government (province-level city of Sichuan)
|-
!(2)
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Cao Diqiu]]
{{small|(1909–1976)}}
|19 June 1954
|January 1955
| rowspan="2" |Chinese Communist Party
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!3
|[[File:任白戈.jpg|134x134px]]
|[[Ren Baige]]
{{small|(1906–1986)}}
|January 1955
|July 1966
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="7" |Director of the Chongqing Revolutionary Committee
|-
!4
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Lan Yinong]]
{{small|(1919–2008)}}
|May 1968
|December 1968
| rowspan="6" |Chinese Communist Party
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!5
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Duan Siying]]
{{small|(1917–2007)}}
|December 1968
|1969
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!6
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[He Yunfeng]]
{{small|(1922–2013)}}
|1969
|December 1973
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!7
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Lu Dadong]]
{{small|(1915–1998)}}
|December 1973
|1978
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!8
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Qian Min]]
{{small|(1915–2016)}}
|May 1978
|August 1978
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!9
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Ding Changhe]]
{{small|(born 1934)}}
|1978
|March 1980
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="7" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government (province-level city of Sichuan)
|-
!10
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Yu Hanqing]]
{{small|(1929–2011)}}
|March 1980
|May 1985
| rowspan="5" |Chinese Communist Party
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!11
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Xiao Yang (governor)|Xiao Yang]]
{{small|(1929–1998)}}
|May 1985
|August 1988
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!12
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Sun Tongchuan]]
{{small|(born 1940)}}
|August 1988
|April 1993
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!13
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Liu Zhizhong]]
{{small|(born 1942)}}
|May 1993
|September 1996
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!–
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Pu Haiqing]]
{{small|(born 1941)}}
|September 1996
|June 1999
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="7" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government
|-
!14
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Pu Haiqing]]
{{small|(born 1941)}}
|19 June 1997
|June 1999
| rowspan="7" |Chinese Communist Party
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!15
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Bao Xuding]]
{{small|(born 1939)}}
|June 1999
|October 2002
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!16
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Wang Hongju]]
{{small|(born 1945)}}
|January 2003
{{small|(acting from October 2002)}}
|November 2009
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!17
|[[File:Voa_chinese_Huang+Qifan_20120309_300.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Huang Qifan]]
{{small|(born 1952)}}
|30 November 2009
|30 December 2016
|
|-
!18
|[[File:Zhang_Guoqing.jpg|142x142px]]
|[[Zhang Guoqing]]
{{small|(born 1964)}}
|30 December 2016
|2 January 2018
|<ref>{{cite web |date=30 December 2016 |title=Chongqing mayor who survived China's biggest political storm of modern times resigns |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2058142/survivor-chinas-biggest-political-storm-modern-times |access-date=30 December 2016 |publisher=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
|-
!19
|<!-- Do not use a placeholder image here, per WP:IPH -->
|[[Tang Liangzhi]]
{{small|(born 1960)}}
|2 January 2018
|30 December 2021
|<ref>{{cite web |author= |date=2018-01-02 |script-title=zh:唐良智任重庆市代理市长 |url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1932165 |accessdate=2018-01-02 |work=thepaper.cn |language=zh}}</ref>
|-
!20
|[[File:胡衡华 (53287447433).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
|[[Hu Henghua]]
{{small|(born 1963)}}
|30 December 2021
|Incumbent
|<ref name=":1">{{cite news |author1=Zhu Jiabei ({{lang|zh|祝加贝}}) |date=30 December 2021 |script-title=zh:胡衡华任重庆市代市长 |url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2021-12-30/doc-ikyamrmz2159918.shtml |access-date=30 December 2021 |work=sina |language=zh}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
<references />
{{Chongqing leaders}}{{Regional leaders in China}}
[[Category:Mayors of Chongqing|*Mayor]]
[[Category:Chongqing-related lists]]
[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in China|Chongqing]]
[[Category:Political office-holders in Chongqing]]
[[Category:Provincial and ministerial-level official]]