Politics of Shaanxi

The politics of Shaanxi 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 Governor of Shaanxi is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Shaanxi. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor is considered to have less power than the Shaanxi Chinese Communist Party Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Shaanxi CCP Party Chief"; since the Governor is always ranked as the First-Deputy Secretary in the Shaanxi Chinese Communist Party Provincial Committee.
Shaanxi was established as a provincial government since the Yuan Dynasty. On 10 January 1950, the People's Government of Shaanxi was established in Xi'an. Ma Minfang was then appointed as both the first Governor and CCP chief of Shaanxi.

List of chairmen of Shaanxi People's Congress

Chairmen	Chinese name	Term	Notes
Ma Wenrui	马文瑞	1979–1983	Elected by the 5th Shaanxi People's Congress
Yan Kelun	严克伦	1983–1988	Elected by the 6th Shaanxi People's Congress
Li Xipu	李溪溥	1988–1993	Elected by the 7th Shaanxi People's Congress
Zhang Boxing	张勃兴	1993–1998	Elected by the 8th Shaanxi People's Congress
Li Jianguo	李建国	1998–2007	Elected by the 9th Shaanxi People's Congress and then was re-elected by the 10th
Cui Lintao	崔林涛	2007–2008	Appointed as Acting Chairman by the 10th Shaanxi People's Congress
Zhao Leji	赵乐际	2008–2012	Elected by the 11th Shaanxi People's Congress
Zhao Zhengyong	赵正永	2012–2016	Elected by the 12th Shaanxi People's Congress
Lou Qinjian	娄勤俭	2016–2018	Elected by the 12th Shaanxi People's Congress
Hu Hepin	胡和平	2018–2020	Elected by the 13th Shaanxi People's Congress
Liu Guozhong	刘国中	2020–	Elected by the 13th Shaanxi People's Congress