Ding Xuexiang

Ding Xuexiang
Ding Xuexiang
丁薛祥
	Ding in 2023
First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 March 2023
Premier	Li Qiang
Preceded by	Han Zheng
Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
	In office; 15 November 2017 – March 2023
Deputy	Meng Xiangfeng (executive)
General Secretary	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Li Zhanshu
Succeeded by	Cai Qi
Director of the Office of the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
	In office; May 2013 – March 2023
General Secretary	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Chen Shiju
Succeeded by	Cai Qi
Personal details
Born	13 September 1962 (age 61); Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	1 son
Alma mater	Yanshan University; Fudan University;
Cabinet	Li Qiang Government

Ding Xuexiang (Chinese: 丁薛祥; pinyin: Dīng Xuēxiáng; born 13 September 1962) is a Chinese politician who is currently the first vice premier of the People's Republic of China and the sixth-ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He has also been leader of the Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs since March 2023.

Considered a close confidant of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping, Ding served on Xi's staff beginning in Shanghai, then followed him to Beijing. He served as the director of the CCP General Secretary's Office between 2013 and 2023 and the director of the CCP General Office between 2017 and 2023. He was also a member of the 19th Party Politburo, and a Secretary of the Party Secretariat between 2017 and 2022.