Party Secretary of Xinjiang

The secretary of the 'Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party' is the leader of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China, the secretary is the highest ranking post in Xinjiang.
The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its [Politburo Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Standing Committee]. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Xinjiang Regional Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Xinjiang Regional Committee, and since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the CCP Politburo. The secretary leads the work of the Regional Committee and its Standing Committee and is ex officio the first-ranking political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The secretary is outranks the chairman, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee and is customarily an ethnic Uyghur. The secretary is always an ethnic Han.
The current secretary is Chen Xiaojiang, who took office on 1 July 2025.