Han Zheng

Han Zheng
韩正
Han in 2018
Vice President of the People's Republic of China
Assumed office
10 March 2023
PresidentXi Jinping
Preceded byWang Qishan
First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
In office
19 March 2018 – 12 March 2023
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byZhang Gaoli
Succeeded byDing Xuexiang
Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai
In office
20 November 2012 – 29 October 2017
DeputyYang Xiong (mayor)
Ying Yong (mayor)
General SecretaryXi Jinping
Preceded byYu Zhengsheng
Succeeded byLi Qiang
In office
24 September 2006 – 24 March 2007
(acting)
General SecretaryHu Jintao
Preceded byChen Liangyu
Succeeded byXi Jinping
20th Mayor of Shanghai
In office
24 March 2003 – 26 December 2012
Preceded byChen Liangyu
Succeeded byYang Xiong
Personal details
Born (1954-04-22) 22 April 1954 (age 70)[citation needed]
Shanghai, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1979–)
Spouse
Wan Ming
(m. 1984)
Children1
Alma materEast China Normal University, Fudan University
Websitewww.gov.cn/hanzheng
Leading Groups
and Commissions
Han Zheng
"Han Zheng" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese韩正
Traditional Chinese韓正

Han Zheng (Chinese: 韩正; pinyin: Hán Zhèng; born 22[citation needed] April 1954) is a Chinese politician serving as the current vice president of the People's Republic of China since 2023. He previously served as the first vice premier of the People's Republic of China between 2018 and 2023, and as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between 2017 and 2022.

Han served as Communist Party deputy secretary and mayor of Shanghai between 2003 and 2012. In November 2012, he was promoted to become the Party Secretary of Shanghai, the top political post in the city, and also gained a seat on the CCP Politburo.


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