Minister of Commerce (China)
| Minister of Commerce of the People's Republic of China | |
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| 中华人民共和国商务部部长 | |
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| Ministry of Commerce | |
| Status | Provincial and ministerial-level official |
| Member of | Plenary Meeting of the State Council |
| Seat | Ministry of Commerce Building, Dongcheng District, Beijing |
| Nominator | Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party) |
| Appointer | President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee |
| Formation | 17 March 2003 |
| First holder | Lü Fuyuan |
| Deputy | Vice Minister of Commerce |
The minister of commerce of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is twentieth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.[1]
The current minister is Wang Wentao, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.
List of ministers
[edit]| Name | Took office | Left office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Trade | |||
| Ye Jizhuang | October 1949 | August 1952 | [2] |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | |||
| Ye Jizhuang | August 1952 | June 1967 | [2] |
| Lin Haiyun | June 1967 | July 1970 | [2] |
| Bai Xiangguo | July 1970 | October 1973 | [2] |
| Li Qiang | October 1973 | September 1981 | [2] |
| Zheng Tuobin | September 1981 | March 1982 | |
| Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | |||
| Chen Muhua | March 1982 | March 1985 | |
| Zheng Tuobin | March 1985 | December 1990 | |
| Li Lanqing | December 1990 | March 1993 | |
| Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation | |||
| Wu Yi | March 1993 | March 1998 | |
| Shi Guangsheng | March 1998 | March 2003 | |
| Minister of Commerce | |||
| Lü Fuyuan | 17 March 2003 | 29 February 2004 | |
| Bo Xilai | 29 February 2004 | 29 December 2007 | [3] |
| Chen Deming | 29 December 2007 | 16 March 2013 | |
| Gao Hucheng | 16 March 2013 | 24 February 2017 | [4] |
| Zhong Shan | 24 February 2017 | 26 December 2020 | |
| Wang Wentao | 26 December 2020 | Incumbent | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Constitution of the People's Republic of China". National People's Congress. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Gene T. Hsiao (1977). The Foreign Trade of China: Policy, Law, and Practice. University of California Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-520-03257-6.
- ^ Ewing, Kent (19 March 2010). "Bo Xilai: China's brash populist". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ 高虎城简历 [Biography of Gao Hucheng] (in Chinese). People's Daily. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.