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".
No. | English name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 17 June 1980 | 6 March 1981 | ||||
2 | 15 October 1981 | 12 August 1985 | ||||
3 | Li Hao | 12 August 1986 | 23 May 1990 | |||
4 | Zheng Liangyu | 23 May 1990 | 17 November 1992 | |||
5 | Li Youwei | 17 November 1992 | 23 May 1995 | |||
6 | Li Zibin | 23 May 1995 | 18 June 2000 | |||
7 | 18 June 2000 | 17 June 2003 | ||||
8 | 17 June 2003 | 3 June 2005 | ||||
9 | 3 June 2005 | June 2009 | ||||
10 | June 2009 | June 2010 | ||||
11 | June 2010 | April 2017 | ||||
12 | Chen Rugui | July 2017 | [1] |
No. | English name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 17 June 1980 | 6 March 1981 | [2] | |||
2 | 6 March 1981 | 15 May 1986 | ||||
3 | Li Hao | 15 May 1986 | April 1993 | |||
4 | Li Youwei | April 1993 | January 1998 | |||
5 | January 1998 | 16 December 2001 | ||||
6 | Huang Liman | 17 December 2001 | 17 March 2005 | |||
7 | 17 March 2005 | November 2007 | ||||
8 | Liu Yupu | September 2008 | April 2010 | |||
9 | April 2010 | March 2015 | ||||
10 | 26 March 2015 | 30 December 2016 | ||||
11 | 30 December 2016 | 1 April 2017 | ||||
12 | 1 April 2017 | [3] |
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]