The Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

State Council of the People's Republic of China

The State Council of the People's Republic of China , which is largely synonymous with the Central People's Government after 1954, is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the Premier and includes the heads of each governmental department and agency...

is a high-ranking executive assistant to the Premier. There is a First-ranking Vice Premier (第一副总理), sometimes called Executive Vice Premier (常务副总理) wrongly by the non-official media. It is an informal title and takes over duties of the Premier at the time of the latter's incapacity. In addition, there are numerous other Vice-Premiers who assume certain broad portfolios.

Current Vice Premiers, in order of rank, are Li Keqiang

Li Keqiang

Li Keqiang is the First-ranking Vice-Premier and deputy Party secretary of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the seventh ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the People's Republic of China's de facto highest decision-making body...

, Hui Liangyu, Zhang Dejiang

Zhang Dejiang

Zhang Dejiang is a current Vice-Premier and a prominent leader of the Communist Party of China, a member of its Politburo.-Biography:Zhang, a native of Tai'an, Liaoning, attended Yanbian University, where he studied the Korean language. Beginning in August 1978 Zhang attended Kim Il-sung...

 and Wang Qishan

Wang Qishan

Wang Qishan is a politician in the People's Republic of China who currently serves as the Vice-Premier in charge of economic, energy and financial affairs under premier Wen Jiabao. Previously Wang served in regional positions in Hainan and Beijing...

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In irregular instances, the position of a First Vice Premier has been named either to indicate degree of power, nominal power, or when the Premier is incapacitated and requires a full time assistant to carry out his regular duties.

List of Current Vice Premiers

First Vice Premier	Deputy Vice Premiers
Li Keqiang Li Keqiang Li Keqiang is the First-ranking Vice-Premier and deputy Party secretary of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the seventh ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the People's Republic of China's de facto highest decision-making body...	Hui Liangyu (2nd)	Zhang Dejiang Zhang Dejiang Zhang Dejiang is a current Vice-Premier and a prominent leader of the Communist Party of China, a member of its Politburo.-Biography:Zhang, a native of Tai'an, Liaoning, attended Yanbian University, where he studied the Korean language. Beginning in August 1978 Zhang attended Kim Il-sung...  (3rd)	Wang Qishan Wang Qishan Wang Qishan is a politician in the People's Republic of China who currently serves as the Vice-Premier in charge of economic, energy and financial affairs under premier Wen Jiabao. Previously Wang served in regional positions in Hainan and Beijing...  (4th)

See also

• List of Vice premiers of the People's Republic of China
• Premier of the People's Republic of China
  Premier of the People's Republic of China
  The Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China , sometimes also referred to as the "Prime Minister" informally, is the Leader of the State Council of the People's Republic of China , who is the head of government and holds the highest-ranking of the Civil service of the...
  
  
• Political position ranking of the People's Republic of China
  Political position ranking of the People's Republic of China
  The political ranking of the People's Republic of China is the ranking of political leaders in China, by order of presumed political power. Although there is no formally published ranking, there is usually an established convention and protocol, and the relative positions of Chinese political...
  
  
• Paramount leader
  Paramount leader
  Paramount leader literally "the highest leader of the party and the state ", in modern Chinese political science, unofficially refers to the political leader of the People's Republic of China....
  
  
• State Councilor
  State Councilor
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