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The '''politics of Beijing''' are structured as a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the [[China|People's Republic of China]].

The mayor of [[Beijing]] is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Beijing. Since Beijing is a centrally administered municipality with the rank of a province, the mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor is subordinate to [[Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee|the Beijing Municipal Committee]] Secretary of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP).

The office of Beijing Party Secretary ({{zh|s=北京市委书记}}) has always historically been a high-profile post. Since the founding of the People's Republic, the Party Secretary of Beijing has almost always held a seat on the [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party]], the country's top ruling organ. Because of Beijing's position as the national capital, the Secretary is also involved in major decision making of national events. [[Peng Zhen]], the first Beijing party secretary, was an important political figure nationally, and was purged by Mao in the opening act of the [[Cultural Revolution]]. [[Xie Fuzhi]], whose term lasted from 1967 to 1972, was concurrently China's top security official, and held significant influence nationally. [[Chen Xitong]]'s (term 1992-95) political influence was considered a threat to the [[Shanghai clique]] that he was removed from the position and tried on corruption charges. When the People's Republic celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1999, it was Beijing Party Secretary [[Jia Qinglin]] (term 1997-2002) who presided over the festivities. Liu Qi (term 2002–2012) was the chair of the [[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games]], and spoke at both the opening and closing ceremonies of the games. Liu Qi also presided the [[60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China|celebration of 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China]] in 2009.

==List of CCP secretaries==
{{Excerpt|Party Secretary of Beijing#List of party secretaries}}

== List of chairmen of Beijing People's Congress ==
{| class="wikitable"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Name
! Term start
! Term end
|-
|1
|[[Jia Tingsan]] (贾庭三)
(1912–1984)
|1979
|1983
|-
|2
|[[Zhao Pengfei]] (赵鹏飞)
(1920–2005)
|1983
|1993
|-
|3
|[[Zhang Jianmin]] (张健民)
(born 1931)
|1993
|2001
|-
|4
|[[Yu Junbo]] (于均波)
(born 1941)
|2001
|2007
|-
|5
|[[Du Deyin]] (杜德印)
(born 1951)
|2007
|2017
|-
|6
|[[Li Wei (PRC politician)|Li Wei]] (李伟)
(born 1958)
|2017
|2023
|-
|6
|[[Li Xiuling]] (李秀领)
(born 1962)
|2023
|Incumbent
|}

==List of mayors==
{{Excerpt|Mayor of Beijing#People's Republic of China}}

==List of chairmen of CPPCC Beijing Committee==
{| class="wikitable"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Name
! Term start
! Term end
|-
|1
|[[Liu Ren]] (刘仁)
(1909–1973)
|1955
|1967
|-
|2
|[[Ding Guoyu]] (丁国钰)
(1916–2015)
|November 1977
|December 1979
|-
|3
|[[Zhao Pengfei]] (赵鹏飞)
(1920–2005)
|December 1979
|March 1983
|-
|4
|[[Liu Daosheng]] (刘导生)
(1913–2014)
|March 1983
|March 1985
|-
|5
|[[Fan Jin]] (范瑾)
(1919–2009)
|March 1985
|May 1986
|-
|6
|[[Bai Jiefu]] (白介夫)
(1921–2013)
|May 1986
|1993
|-
|7
|[[Wang Daming]] (王大明)
(born 1929)
|1993
|1998
|-
|8
|[[Chen Guangwen]] (陈广文)
(born 1936)
|1998
|January 2003
|-
|9
|[[Cheng Shi'e]] (程世峨)
(born 1940)
|January 2003
|January 2006
|-
|10
|[[Yang Anjiang]] (阳安江)
(born 1945)
|January 2006
|January 2011
|-
|11
|[[Wang Anshun]] (王安顺)
(born 1957)
|January 2011
|January 2013
|-
|12
|[[Ji Lin (politician)|Ji Lin]] (吉林)
(born 1962)
|January 2013
|January 2022
|-
|13
|[[Wei Xiaodong]] (魏小东)
(born 1961)
|January 2022
|Incumbent
|}

== List of the Chairmen of Beijing Supervisory Committee ==
{| class="wikitable"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Name
! Term start
! Term end
|-
|1
|[[Zhang Shuofu]] (张硕辅)
(born 1965)
|January 2017
|July 2018
|-
|2
|[[Chen Yong]] (陈雍)
(born 1966)
|January 2019
|July 2021
|-
|3
|[[Chen Jian (1964)|Chen Jian]] (陈健)
(born 1964)
|November 2021
|Incumbent
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|China|Politics}}
* [[List of current district-level leaders of Beijing]]
* [[Politics of Chongqing]]
* [[Politics of Shanghai]]
* [[Politics of Tianjin]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist}}{{Beijing}}
{{People's Republic of China politics}}

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