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Provinces and Administrative Divisions of China



Anhui (Anhwei)

1928 - 1948                Under Nationalist government.
1938 - Aug 1945            Partly occupied by Japan.

Secretaries the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
1948 - 1952                ....
1952 - 1962                Zeng Xisheng                       (b. 1904 - d. 1968)

1963 - 1967                Li Baohua
1969 - 1974                
Li Desheng                         (b. 1916)
1975 - 1977                Song Peizhang                      (b. 1919 - d. 1988)
1977 - 1980                Wan Li                             (b. 1916)
1980 - 1982                Zhang Jingfu                       (b. 1914)
1982 - 1983                Zhou Zijian                        (b. 1914 - d. 2003)
1983 - 1986                Huang Huang
1986 - 1988                Li Guixian                         (b. 1937)
1988 - 1998               
Lu Rongjing                        (b. 1933)
1998 - 2000                Hui Liangyu                        (b. 1944)
2000 - 2004                Wang Taihua                        (b. 1945)
2004 - 2007                Guo Jinlong                        (b. 1947)
31 Jan 2008 -              
Wang Jinshan                       (b. 1945)

Military governors
27 Apr 1912 - 30 Jun 1913  Bai Wenwei                         (b. 1875/76 - d. 1947)
30 Jun 1913 - 27 Jul 1913  Sun Duosen                         (b. 1868 - d. 1919)
27 Jul 1913 - 10 Apr 1916  Ni Sichong (1st time)              (b. 1868 - d. 1924)
10 Apr 1916 -  8 Jul 1917  Zhang Xun                          (b. 1854 - d. 1923)
29 May 1917 - 16 Sep 1920  Ni Sichong (2nd time)              (s.a.)
                             (in rebellion to 8 Jul 1917)
16 Sep 1920 -  7 Oct 1922  Zhang Wensheng                     (b. 1867? - d. 1937)
 7 Oct 1922 - 28 Nov 1924  Ma Lianjia                         (b. 1864 - d. 1924)
28 Nov 1924 - 24 Apr 1925  Wang Yitang                        (b. 1877 - d. 1948)
24 Apr 1925 - 29 Aug 1925  Zheng Shiqi                        (b. 1873 - d. 1935)
29 Aug 1925 - 25 Nov 1925  Jiang Dengxuan                     (b. 1880 - d. 1925)
25 Nov 1925 -  4 Mar 1927  Deng Ruzhuo                        (d. 1944)
 1 Dec 1925 -  4 Mar 1927  Chen Diaoyuan (in rebellion)       (b. 1886 - d. 1943)
Civil governors
1911 - 1912                Sun Yuyun                          (b. 1869 - d. 1924)
Mar 1912 - Jun 1913        Bai Wenwei                         (s.a.)
Jun 1913 - Jul 1913        Sun Duosen                         (s.a.)
Jul 1913 - Jul 1914        Ni Sichong (1st time)              (s.a.)
15 Jul 1914 - 31 Jul 1915  Han Guojun                         (b. 1857 - d. 1942)
31 Jul 1915 - 22 Apr 1916  Li Zhaozhen (1st time)             (b. 1846 - d. 1927)
22 Apr 1916 -  8 Sep 1917  Ni Sichong (2nd time)              (s.a.)
 8 Sep 1917 - 21 Nov 1918  Huang Jiajie                       (b. 18.. - d. 1918)
21 Nov 1918 - 11 Jan 1919  Gong Xinzhan                       (b. 1871 - d. 1942)
21 Nov 1918 - 11 Jan 1919  Liu Daozhang (acting for Gong)
11 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1919  Lu Diaoyuan                        (b. 1865 - d. 1932)
11 Jan 1919 - Mar 1919     Li Weiyuan (acting for Lu)
31 Dec 1919 - 21 Aug 1921  Nie Xianfan                        (b. 1880 - d. 1933)
21 Aug 1921 - 29 Sep 1921  Li Zhaozhen (2nd time)             (s.a.)
29 Sep 1921 -  3 Feb 1923  Xu Shiying                         (b. 1873 - d. 1964)
 3 Feb 1923 - 10 Feb 1923  Ruan Zhongzhi (acting)
10 Feb 1923 - 11 Dec 1923  Chen Diaoyuan                      (s.a.)
11 Dec 1923 - 28 Nov 1924  Ma Lianjia                         (s.a.)
28 Nov 1924 - 18 Jun 1925  Wang Yitang                        (s.a.)
18 Jun 1925 - 28 Oct 1925  Wu Bingxiang                       (d. 1930)
23 Nov 1925 -  1 Dec 1925  Jiang Shaojie
 1 Dec 1925 - 16 Apr 1926  Wang Pu                            (d. 1958)
16 Apr 1926 - 24 Dec 1926  Gao Shidu
24 Dec 1926 -  4 Mar 1927  He Binglin
Chairmen of the government
Mar 1927 - Oct 1927        He Jian                            (b. 1887 - d. 1956)
Oct 1927 - May 1929        Chen Diaoyuan (1st time)           (s.a.)
May 1929 - Oct 1929        Fang Zhenwu                        (b. 1885 - d. 1941)
Oct 1929 - Jan 1930        Shi Yousan                         (b. 1891 - d. 1940)
Jan 1930 - Jul 1930        Ma Fuxiang                         (b. 1876 - d. 1932)
Jul 1930 - Apr 1932        Chen Diaoyuan (2nd time)           (s.a.)
Apr 1932 - May 1933        Wu Zhongxin                        (b. 1884 - d. 1959)
May 1933 - Jan 1937        Liu Zhenhua                        (b. 1883 - d. 1956)
Jan 1937 - Nov 1937        Liu Shangqing                      (b. 1868 - d. 1945)
Nov 1937 - Jan 1938        Jiang Zuobin                       (b. 1884 - d. 1942)
Jan 1938 - Sep 1938        Li Zongren                         (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
Sep 1938 - Oct 1939        Liao Lei                           (b. 1890 - d. 1939)
Oct 1939 - Sep 1948        Li Pinxian                         (b. 1890 - d. 1987)
Sep 1948 - Mar 1949        Xia Wei                            (b. 1893 - d. 1973)
Mar 1949 - Apr 1949        Zhang Yichun                       (d. 1982)
Apr 1949 - Mar 1950        Song Richang (North Anhui)         (b. 1906 - d. 1995)
Mar 1949 - Aug 1952        Huang Yan (South Anhui)            (b. 1912 - d. 1989)
Dec 1950 - Aug 1952        Wei Ming (North Anhui)
Aug 1952 - Mar 1955        Zeng Xisheng                       (s.a.)
Governors
Mar 1955 - Mar 1967        Huang Yan                          (s.a.)
Mar 1967 - Apr 1968        Qian Jun                           (b. 1905 - d. 1990)
Chairmen of the Revolutionary Committee
Apr 1968 - Dec 1974        Li Desheng                         (s.a.)
May 1975 - Jun 1977        Song Peizhang                      (s.a.)
Jun 1977 - Dec 1979        Wan Li                             (s.a.)
Governors
Dec 1979 - Mar 1981        Zhang Jingfu                       (s.a.)
Mar 1981 - Apr 1983        Zhou Zijian                        (s.a.)
Apr 1983 - Jun 1987        Wang Yuzhao                        (b. 1926)
Jun 1987 - Apr 1989        Lu Rongjing                        (s.a.)
Apr 1989 - Dec 1994        Fu Xishou                          (b. 1931)
Dec 1994 -  9 Oct 1998     Hui Liangyu                        (s.a.)
                             (acting to Feb 1995)
 9 Oct 1998 - Jan 2000     Wang Taihua                        (s.a.)
                             (acting to 1999)
Jan 2000 - 14 Oct 2002     Xu Zhonglin                        (b. 1943)
                             (acting to 28 Jan 2000)
14 Oct 2002 -  2 Dec 2007  Wang Jinshan                       (s.a.)
                             (acting to Jan 2003)
 2 Dec 2007 -              Wang Sanyun                        (b. 1952)
                             (acting to 31 Jan 2008)


Bingyuan: see under Henan
Chahar (Chakhar)

1912                       Province of Chahar (previously part of Manchuria).
1937 - 1945                Japanese occupation.
Apr 1946                   Under Communist control.
1952                       Divided between Hebei and Shanxi provinces.

Secretaries the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
1947 - 1952                ....

Governors
Oct 1912 - 22 Dec 1912     He Zonglian (1st time)             (b. 1864? - d. 1931)
22 Dec 1912 - 22 Dec 1913  Duan Zhigui                        (b. 1869 - d. 1925)
22 Dec 1913 - 26 Aug 1915  He Zonglian (2nd time)             (s.a.)
26 Aug 1915 - 30 May 1916  Zhang Huaizhi                      (b. 1860 - d. 1934)
30 May 1916 - Jun 1916     He Yuanchun (acting)
Jun 1916 -  9 Jun 1916     Zhao Bingnan (acting)
 9 Jun 1916 - 18 Oct 1917  Tian Zhongyu (1st time)            (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
18 Oct 1917 - 29 Mar 1918  Zhang Jingyao                      (b. 1881 - d. 1934)
29 Mar 1918 - 26 Dec 1919  Tian Zhongyu (2nd time)            (s.a.)
26 Dec 1919 - 21 Sep 1920  Wang Tingzhen                      (b. 1876 - d. 1940)
21 Sep 1920 - 15 May 1922  Zhang Jinghui                      (b. 1871 - d. 1959)
15 May 1922 - 29 May 1922  Tan Qinglin (acting)
29 May 1922 - 18 Dec 1924  Zhang Xiyuan                       (b. 1870 - d. 1941)
18 Dec 1924 - 23 Mar 1926  Zhang Zhijiang                     (b. 1888 - d. 1966)
27 Aug 1926 -  3 Jun 1928  Gao Weiyue                         (b. 1875 - d. 1938)
Jun 1928 -  1 Nov 1928     Zhao Daiwen                        (b. 1867 - d. 1943)
Chairmen of the government
Nov 1928 - 1930            Yang Aiyuan                        (b. 1886 - d. 1959)
1930 - Aug 1932            Liu Yifei
Aug 1932 - Jun 1935        Song Zheyuan                       (b. 1885 - d. 1940)
Jun 1935 - Aug 1935        Qin Dechun                         (b. 1893 - d. 1963)
Aug 1935 - Jun 1936        Zhang Zizhong                      (b. 1892 - d. 1940)
Jun 1936 - Oct 1938        Liu Ruming                         (b. 1895 - d. 1975)
Oct 1938 - Jan 1939        Zhang Lisheng                      (b. 1901 - d. 1971)
Jan 1939 - Dec 1940        Shi Yousan
Dec 1940 - Sep 1941        Zhang Su (1st time)                (b. 1901 - d. 1988)
Sep 1941 - Oct 1946        Feng Qinzai                        (b. 1890 - d. 1963)
Oct 1946 - Nov 1947        Fu Zuoyi                           (b. 1893 - d. 1974)
                            (Nationalist governor; to 1949 in Taiwan exile)
Nov 1947 - Apr 1952        Zhang Su (2nd time)                (s.a.)
                            (Communist governor; in opposition 1945-1947)
Apr 1952 - Nov 1952        Yang Gengtian



Fujian (Fukien)

1656 - 1911                United with Zhejiang.
21 Nov 1933 - 21 Jan 1934  Under conrol of the People's Government at Fuzhou.
21 Jan 1934 - 18 Oct 1949  Under Nationalist government.

Jun 1938 - 1945            Japanese occupation (in Swatow, and from May 1941 Fuzhou).

Secretaries the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
Jun 1949 - Oct 1954        Zhang Dingcheng                    (b. 1898 - d. 1981)
Oct 1954 - Jun 1958        Ye Fei                             (b. 1914 - d. 1999)
1958 - 1970                Jiang Yizhen                       (b. 1915 - d. 1994)
Apr 1971 - Dec 1973        Han Xianchu                        (b. 1913 - d. 1986)
Dec 1974 - Feb 1982        Liao Zhigao                        (b. 1908 - d. 2000)
Feb 1982 - Mar 1986        Xiang Nan
Mar 1986 - Dec 1993        Chen Guangyi
Dec 1993 - Oct 1996        Jia Qinglin                        (b. 1940)
Oct 1996 - Dec 2000        Chen Mingyi                        (b. 1940)
Dec 2000 - Feb 2004        Song Defu
Feb 2004 -                 Lu Zhangong                        (b. 1952)

Military governors
Nov 1911 -  5 Dec 1913     Sun Daoren                         (b. 1867 - d. 1935)
 5 Dec 1913 - 18 Jul 1914  Liu Guanxiong                      (b. 1861 - d. 1927)
18 Jul 1914 - 12 Jan 1923  Li Houji                           (b. 1869 - d. 1942)
17 Jan 1923 - 20 Mar 1923  Wang Yongquan                      (b. 1886 - d. 1942)
20 Mar 1923 - 13 May 1924  Sun Chuanfang                      (b. 1885 - d. 1935)
13 May 1924 -  5 Dec 1926  Zhou Yinren                        (b. 1885 - d. 1956)
Civil governors 
Nov 1911 - Sep 1912        Peng Shousong                      (b. 1866 - d. 1918)
Sep 1912 - Nov 1912        Liu Ciyuan (1st time)
Nov 1912 - 20 Nov 1913     Zhang Yuanqi                       (b. 1860 - d. 1922)
 9 May 1913 - 15 Jul 1913  Jiang Shejing (acting for Zhang)
15 Jul 1913 - 20 Nov 1913  Liu Ciyuan (2nd time)
                             (acting for Zhang)
20 Nov 1913 -  3 May 1914  Wang Shengling
 3 May 1914 -  6 May 1916  Xu Shiying                         (b. 1873 - d. 1964)
17 Apr 1916 - 15 Oct 1922  Li Houji                           (s.a.)
                             (acting for Xu to 6 May 1916)
 6 Jul 1916 - 18 Jul 1917  Hu Ruilin (acting for Li)          (b. 1878 - d. 1943)
15 Oct 1922 -  8 Nov 1922  Sa Zhenbing (1st time)             (b. 1859 - d. 1952)
 8 Nov 1922 - 30 Nov 1922  Wang Yongquan                      (s.a.)
30 Nov 1922 -  1 Mar 1923  Lin Sen                            (b. 1867 - d. 1943)
 1 Mar 1923 -  4 Dec 1926  Sa Zhenbing (2nd time)             (s.a.)
 4 Dec 1926 - Jul 1927     Fang Shengtao                      (b. 1885 - d. 1934)
Chairmen of the government
Jul 1927 - Jan 1930        Yang Shuzhuang                     (b. 1882 - d. 1934)
Jan 1930 - Dec 1932        Fang Shengtao                      (s.a.)
Dec 1932 - Nov 1933        Jiang Guangnai                     (b. 1888 - d. 1967)
21 Nov 1933 - 21 Jan 1934  Cai Tingkai                        (b. 1892 - d. 1968)
                            (military governor of
the People's Government at Fuzhou)
Nov 1933 - Sep 1941        Chen Yi                            (b. 1883 - d. 1950)
Sep 1941 - Sep 1948        Liu Jianxu                         (b. 1892 - d. 1978)
Sep 1948 - Jan 1949        Li Hanhun                          (b. 1895 - d. 1987)
Jan 1949 - May 1949        Zhu Shaoliang
May 1949 - Dec 1949        Fang Zhi                           (b. 1898 - d. 1989)
Aug 1949 - Oct 1954        Zhang Dingcheng                    (s.a.)
Oct 1954 - Feb 1955        Ye Fei                             (s.a.)
Governors
Feb 1955 - Jan 1959        Ye Fei                             (s.a.)
Jan 1959 - Dec 1962        Jiang Yizhen                       (s.a.)
Dec 1962 - Apr 1967        Wei Jinshui                        (b. 1906 - d. 1992)
Chairmen of the Revolutionary Committee
Apr 1967 - Dec 1973        Han Xianchu                        (s.a.)
Dec 1973 - Dec 1979        Liao Zhigao                        (s.a.)
Governors
Dec 1979 - Jan 1983        Ma Xingyuan                        (b. 1917 - d. 2005)
Jan 1983 - Sep 1987        Hu Ping                            (b. 1930)
Sep 1987 - Apr 1991        Wang Zhaoguo (acting to 1988)      (b. 1941)
Apr 1991 - Apr 1994        Jia Qinglin                        (s.a.)
Apr 1994 - Oct 1996        Chen Mingyi                        (s.a.)
Oct 1996 -  9 Aug 1999     He Guoqiang (acting to Apr 1997)   (b. 1943)
 9 Aug 1999 - 13 Oct 2002  Xi Jinping (acting to 27 Jan 2000) (b. 1953)
13 Oct 2002 - 16 Dec 2004  Lu Zhangong (acting to Jan 2003)   (s.a.)
16 Dec 2004 -              Huang Xiaojing (acting to Jan 2005)(b. 1946)


Nationalist Governors (in Kinmen to Jul 1956 and from 15 Jan 1996; 
Jul 1956 - 15 Jan 1996 in Sindian, Taiwan)
1949 - May 1986            Tai Chung-yu                                             Mil
Jun 1986 -  9 Feb 1998     Wu Chin-tzan                                           Mil:1992 KMT
10 Feb 1998 - May 2007     Yen Chung-cheng (Yan Zhongcheng)   (b. 1938)             MCT
May 2007 - 21 Nov 2007     Yang Cheng-hsi (acting)
21 Nov 2007 -              Chen Chin-jun (Chen Jingjun        (b. 1956)             MCT

Party abbreviations: KMT = Kuomintang (Nationalist Party, pan-Chinese); MCT = Minchu Chinputang (Democratic Progressive Party, liberal, Taiwanese nationalist); Mil = Military



Gansu (Kansu)

1749 - 1912                Part of Shengan (see Shaanxi).
Sep 1949                   Under Communist control.

Secretaries the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
1949 - 1954                Zhang Desheng
1954 - 1961                Zhang Zhongliang
1961 - 1966                Wang Feng
1966 - 1967                Hu Jizong
1967 - 1970                ....
1970 - 1977                X
ian Henghan                       (b. 1911 - d. 1991)
1977 - 1981                Song Ping                          (b. 1917)
1981 - 1983                Feng Jixin                         (b. 1916 - d. 2006)
1983 - 1990                Li Ziqi
1990 - 1993                Gu Jinchi
1993 - 1998                Y
an Haiwang                        (b. 1939)
1998 - 2001                Sun Ying                           (b. 1936)
2001 - 2003                Song Zhaosu                        (b. 1941)
2003 - 2007                Su Rong                            (b. 1948)
Apr 2007 -                 Lu Ha
o                             (b. 1947)

Military governors
Mar 1912                   Huang Yue
15 Mar 1912 -  1 May 1913  Zhao Weixi                         (b. 1860 - d. 1917)
 1 May 1913 -  6 Mar 1914  Zhang Binghua (acting)
 6 Mar 1914 - 31 Dec 1920  Zhang Guangjian                    (b. 1867? - d. 1938?)
31 Dec 1920 - 29 Aug 1925  Lu Hongtao                         (b. 1866 - d. 1927)
29 Aug 1925 -  9 Jan 1926  Feng Yuxiang                       (b. 1882 - d. 1948)
29 Aug 1925 -  9 Jan 1926  Liu Yufen (acting for Feng)        (b. 1886 - d. 1943)
 9 Jan 1926 - Jun 1927     Li Mingzhong                       (b. 1887 - d. 1949)
Civil governors
Mar 1912 - Sep 1912        Peng Yingjia
Sep 1912 - Feb 1913        He Zouchi
Feb 1913 - May 1913        Zhao Weixi                         (s.a.)
May 1913 - Jun 1914        Zhang Binghua
Jun 1914 - 31 Dec 1920     Zhang Guangjian                    (s.a.)
31 Dec 1920 -  6 Oct 1921  Cai Chengxun                       (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
 6 Oct 1921 - 13 Jul 1922  Pan Linggao
13 Jul 1922 - 28 Mar 1924  Lin Xiguang
28 Mar 1923 -  9 Oct 1925  Lu Hongtao                         (s.a.)
30 Sep 1925 -  9 Oct 1925  Yang Si (acting for Lu)
 9 Oct 1925 - Jun 1927     Xue Dubi                           (b. 1892 - d. 1973)
Jun 1927 - Nov 1928        Liu Yufen                          (s.a.)
Chairmen of the Provincial Council
Nov 1928 - Aug 1929        Liu Yufen                          (s.a.)
Aug 1929 - Apr 1930        Sun Lianzhong                      (b. 1893 - d. 1990)
Apr 1930 - Nov 1930        Wang Zhen
Nov 1930 - Aug 1931        Ma Hongbin                         (b. 1884 - d. 1960)
Aug 1931 - Dec 1931        Ma Wenche
Dec 1931 - Apr 1932        Sun Weiru                          (b. 1896 - d. 1979)
Apr 1932 - Jan 1933        Shao Lizi                          (b. 1882 - d. 1967)
Jan 1933 - May 1934        Deng Baoshan (1st time)            (b. 1893 - d. 1968)
May 1934 - Nov 1935        Zhu Shaoliang (1st time)           (b. 1891 - d. 1963)
Nov 1935 - Feb 1937        Yu Xuezhong                        (b. 1889 - d. 1964)
Feb 1937 - May 1937        Tian Jinjiong
May 1937 - Dec 1937        He Yaozu                           (b. 1889 - d. 1961)
Dec 1937 - Nov 1940        Zhu Shaoliang (2nd time)           (s.a.)
Dec 1940 - Dec 1946        Gu Zhenglun                        (b. 1890 - d. 1953)
Dec 1946 - Jul 1949        Guo Jiqiao                         (b. 1902 - d. 1998)
Jul 1949 - Oct 1949        Ding Yizhong
Oct 1949 - Jan 1950        Wang Shitai                        (b. 1910)
Jan 1949 - Dec 1954        Deng Baoshan (2nd time)            (s.a.)
Governor
Dec 1954 - May 1967        Deng Baoshan                       (s.a.)
Chairmen of the Revolutionary Committee
May 1967 - Jun 1977        Xian Henghan                       (s.a.)
Jun 1977 - Dec 1979        Song Ping                          (s.a.)
Governors
Dec 1979 - Jan 1981        Feng Jixin                         (s.a.)
Jan 1981 - Apr 1983        Li Dengying                        (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
Apr 1983 - May 1986        Chen Guangyi                       (b. 1933)
May 1986 - Feb 1993        Jia Zhijie                         (b. 1935)
Feb 1993 - Oct 1993        Yan Haiwang                        (s.a.)
Oct 1993 - Jul 1996        Zhang Wule                         (b. 1937)
Jul 1996 - Apr 1998        Sun Ying                           (s.a.)
Apr 1998 - Jan 2001        Song Zhaosu (acting to Jan 1999)   (s.a.)
Jan 2001 - 30 Oct 2006     Lu Hao                             (s.a.)
30 Oct 2006 -              Xu Shousheng                       (b. 1953)
                             (acting to 31 Jan 2007)



Guangdong (Liangguang, Kwangtung)

1728 - 1736                Under the administration of Yungui province.
 5 Jan 1858 -  2 Oct 1861  Occupation of Canton (Guangzhou) by Britain and France.
1929 - 1936                Largely autonomous under local warlord.
1936 - 16 Oct 1949         Under Nationalist government.
21 Oct 1938 - Aug 1945     Partially occupied by Japan.

Secretaries the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
1949 - 1955                Ye Jianying
                        (b. 1897 - d. 1986)
1955 - 1965                T
ao Zhu                            (b. 1908 - d. 1969)
1965 - 1967                Zhao Ziyang                        (b. 1919 - d. 2005)
1968 - 1969                Huang Yongsheng                    (b. 1910 - d. 1983)
1969 - 1972                Liu Xingyuan                       (b. 1908 - d. 1990)
1972 - 1973                Ding Sheng                         (b. 1913 - d. 1999)
1974 - 1975                Zhao Ziyang                        (b. 1919 - d. 2005)
1975 - 1978                Wei Guoqing                        (b. 1913 - d. 1989)
1978 - 1980                Xi Zhongxun                        (b. 1912 - d. 2002)
1980 - 1985                Ren Zhongyi                        (b. 1914 - d. 2005)
1985 - 1991                Lin Ruo
1991 - 1998                Xie Fei
1998 - 2002                Li Changchun                       (b. 1944)
2002 - 2007                Zhang Dejiang                      (b. 1946)
2007 -                     Wang Yang                          (b. 1955)

Governors-general of Liangguang (Guangdong and Guangxi)
1689 - 1702                Shilin
1702 - 1706                Guo Shilong
1706 - 1716                Zhao Hongcan                       (b. 16.. - d. 1717)
1717 - 171.                Lun Shishi
1718 - 171.                Manpei
1719 - 1724                Yan Li
1724 - 1729                Sun Yuxun
1729 - 1732                Hao Yulin                          (d. 1745)
1732 - 1738                Xilin-Gioro Ortai                  (b. 1677 - d. 1745)
1738 - 1741                Martai (1st time)
1741 - 1743                Qingfu                             (d. 1749)
1743 - 1744                Martai (2nd time)
1744 - 1745                Nasautu
1745 - 1748                Cereng (1st time)
1748 - 1750                Shise                              (d. 1757)
1750 - 1751                Zhenda
1751 - 1752                Aligun
1752                       Yin Youban
1752 - 1753                Cereng (2nd time)
1753 - 1754                Bandi
1754 - 1757                Yang Yinju                         (d. 1767)
1757                       Haonian
1757 - 1758                Li Shiyao (1st time)               (d. 1788)
1758                       Chen Hongmou                       (b. 1696 - d. 1771)
1758 - 1761                Li Shiyao (2nd time)               (s.a.)
1761 - 1764                Su Zhang
1764 - 1765                Li Shiyao (3rd time)               (s.a.)
1765 - 1767                Yang Tingshang                     (b. 1668 - d. 1772)
1767 - 1777                Li Shiyao (4th time)               (s.a.)
1777 - 1779                Yang Jingsu
1779 - 1780                Kuilin                             (d. 1792)
1784 - 178.                Shuchang
1785                       Sun Shiyi (1st time)               (b. 1720 - d. 1796)
1785 - 1786                Furgun                             (d. 1795)
1786 - 1789                Sun Shiyi (2nd time)               (s.a.)
1789 - 1793                Fu Kang'an                         (d. 1796)
1793 - 1796                Changling                          (b. 1758 - d. 1838)
1796                       Zhu Gui                            (b. 1731 - d. 1807)
1796 - 1802                Jiqing                             (b. 17.. - d. 1802)
1802 - 1803                Hutuli
1803 - 1804                Woshibu
1804 - 1805                Nayancheng                         (b. 1764 - d. 1833)
1805 - 1808                Wu Xiongguang                      (b. 1750 - d. 1833)
1808 - 1809                Yongbao
1809 - 1810                Bailing                            (b. 1748 - d. 1816)
1811                       Malate Songyun                     (b. 1754 - d. 1835)
1822 - 1817                Jiang Youxian                      (b. 1766 - d. 1830)
1827 - 1826                Ruan Yuan                          (b. 1764 - d. 1849)
1836 - 1832                Li Hongbin                         (b. 1767 - d. 1846)
1832 - 1835                Lu Kun
1836 - 1840                Lu Kun                             (b. 1776 - d. 1846)
1840                       Lin Zexu                           (b. 1785 - d. 1850)
1840 - 1841                Guarjia Yiliang                    (b. 1791 - d. 1867)
1842 - 1842                Borzigit Qishan                    (b. c.1790 - d. 1854)
1842 - 1844                Qi Kong                            (b. 1777 - d. 1844)
1844                       Cheng Mengcai                      (d. 1854)
1844 - 1848                Aisin-Gioro Qiying                 (b. 1790 - d. 1858)
1848 - 1852                Xu Guangjin                        (b. 1785 - d. c.1858)
1852 - 1858                Ye Mingchen                        (b. 1807 - d. 1859)
10 Jan 1858 -  2 Oct 1861  Allied Commissioners 
                           (in opposition; in Canton)
                           - Sir Harry Smith Parkes (U.K.)    (b. 1828 - d. 1885) 
                              (president)
                           - Martineau-Deschenez (France)
                           - Holloway (U.K.)
1859 - 1860                Huang Zonghan                      (d. 1864)
1860 - 1862                Lao Chongguang                     (b. 1802 - d. 1867)
1862                       Liu Changyou                       (b. 1818 - d. 1887)
1862 - 1863                Yan Duanshu
1863 - 1865                Mao Hongbin                        (b. 1806 - d. 1868)
1865 - 1874                Ruilin
1874 - 1875                Zhang Yaodong
1875 - 1879                Liu Kunyi                          (b. 1830 - d. 1902)
1879 - 1880                Yukuan
1880 - 1882                Zhang Shusheng (1st time)          (b. 1824 - d. 1884)
1882 - 1883                Zeng Guoquan                       (b. 1824 - d. 1890)
1883 - 1884                Zhang Shusheng (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1884 - 1889                Zhang Zhidong                      (b. 1837 - d. 1909)
1889 - 1895                Li Hanzhang
1895 - 1899                Tan Zhonglin                       (b. 18.. - d. 1905)
1899 - 1900                Li Hongzhan
1900 - 1901                Taomo                              (b. 18.. - d. 1903)
1901 - 1903                De Shou
1903 - 1906                Cen Chunxuan                       (b. 1861 - d. 1933)
1906 - 1907                Zhou Fu                            (b. 1837 - d. 1921)
1907 - 1909                Zhang Renjun
1909 - 1910                Yuan Shuxun
1910 - 1911                Zhang Mingqi
Military governors
Nov 1911 - Dec 1911        Hu Hanmin (1st time)               (b. 1879 - d. 1936)
Dec 1911 - Feb 1912        Chen Jiongming (1st time)          (b. 1878 - d. 1933)
Feb 1912 - 14 Jun 1913     Hu Hanmin (2nd time)               (s.a.)
14 Jun 1913 - 26 Jul 1913  Chen Jiongming (2nd time)          (s.a.)
 3 Aug 1913 -  6 Jul 1916  Long Jiguang                       (b. 1876 - d. 1925)
10 Jul 1916 - 10 Apr 1917  Lu Rongting                        (b. 1856 - d. 1927)
10 Apr 1917 - 29 Oct 1917  Chen Bingkun                       (b. 1868 - d. 1927)
29 Oct 1917 - Nov 1917     Li Yaohan                          (b. 1878 - d. 1942)
Nov 1917 - 26 Oct 1920     Mo Rongxin                         (b. 1853 - d. 1930)
29 Nov 1920 - 15 Jan 1923  Chen Jiongming (3rd time)          (s.a.)
20 Jan 1923 - 20 Mar 1923  Xu Chongzhi                        (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
20 Mar 1923 - 18 May 1924  Shen Hongying                      (b. 1871? - d. 1938)
18 May 1924 - Jul 1925     Lin Hu                             (b. 1887 - d. 1960)
Civil governors
Feb 1912 - Jun 1913        Hu Hanmin (1st time)               (s.a.)
Jun 1913 - 13 Sep 1913     Long Jiguang (1st time) (acting)   (s.a.)
13 Sep 1913 - 26 May 1914  Li Kaishen
26 May 1914 -  3 Jul 1915  Li Guoyun
 3 Jul 1915 - 18 Oct 1915  Zhang Mingqi                       (b. 1875 - d. 1945)
18 Oct 1915 -  6 Jul 1916  Long Jiguang (2nd time)            (s.a.)
 6 Jul 1916 - 25 Jul 1917  Zhu Qinglan                        (b. 1874 - d. 1941)
25 Jul 1917 - 31 Aug 1917  Liu Chengen
31 Jul 1917 - 20 Sep 1918  Li Yaohan                          (b. 1878 - d. 1942)
20 Sep 1918 - 12 Jun 1919  Zhai Wang                          (b. 1877 - d. 1941) 
12 Jun 1919                Zhang Jinfang
12 Jun 1919 - 10 Nov 1920  Mo Rongxin                         (s.a.)
10 Nov 1920 - 21 Apr 1922  Chen Jiongming                     (s.a.)
21 Apr 1922 - 27 Jun 1922  Wu Tingfang                        (b. 1842 - d. 1922)
27 Jun 1922 - 28 Aug 1922  Wei Bangping                       (b. 1884 - d. 1935)
28 Aug 1922 - 20 Jan 1923  Chen Xiru                          (b. 1859 - d. 1937)
20 Jan 1923 - 26 Jan 1923  Hu Hanmin (2nd time)               (s.a.)
22 Feb 1923 -  7 May 1923  Xu Shaozhen                        (b. 1861 - d. 1936)
 7 May 1923 -  7 Feb 1924  Liao Zhongkai (1st time)           (b. 1877 - d. 1925)
 7 Feb 1924 - 18 May 1924  Yang Shukan                        (b. 1881 - d. 1942)
18 May 1924 - 13 Jun 1924  Ye Ju                              (b. 1881 - d. 1934)
13 Jun 1924 - 13 Sep 1924  Liao Zhongkai (2nd time)           (s.a.)
13 Sep 1924 -  1 Jul 1925  Hu Hanmin (3rd time)               (s.a.)
 1 Jul 1925 - Aug 1925     Xu Chongzhi                        (s.a.)
Aug 1925 - Jul 1926        Chen Shuren                        (b. 1883 - d. 1948)
Jul 1926 - Dec 1928        Li Jishen                          (b. 1886 - d. 1959)
Chairmen of the government
Dec 1928 - Feb 1931        Chen Mingshu                       (b. 1890 - d. 1965)
Feb 1931 - May 1931        Xu Chongqing                       (b. 1888 - d. 1969)
May 1931 - Sep 1931        Chen Jitang                        (b. 1890 - d. 1954)
Sep 1931 - 1932            Wu Chaoshu                         (b. 1887 - d. 1934)
1932 - 1936                Lin Yungai                         (b. 1884 - d. 1948)
1936 - 1937                Huang Musong                       (b. 1884 - d. 1937)
Mar 1937 - Dec 1938        Wu Tiecheng                        (b. 1888 - d. 1953)
Dec 1938 - Aug 1945        Li Liangron                        (b. 1895 - d. 1987)
Aug 1945 - Aug 1947        Luo Zhuoying                       (b. 1896 - d. 1961)
Aug 1947 - Jan 1949        Song Ziwen                         (b. 1894 - d. 1971)
                            (Nationalist governor; to 1950 in Taiwan exile)
Oct 1949 - Sep 1953        Ye Jianying                        (s.a.)
Sep 1953 - Feb 1955        Tao Zhu                            (s.a.)
Governors
Feb 1955 - Aug 1957        Tao Zhu                            (s.a.)
Aug 1957 - Mar 1967        Chen Yu                            (b. 1902 - d. 1974)
Chairmen of the Revolutionary Council
Mar 1967 - Nov 1967        Chen De                            (b. 1914 - d. 1983)
Nov 1967 - Jun 1969        Huang Yongsheng                    (s.a.)
Jun 1969 - Apr 1972        Liu Xingyuan                       (s.a.)
Apr 1972 - Apr 1974        Ding Sheng                         (s.a.)
Apr 1974 - Oct 1975        Zhao Ziyang                        (s.a.)
Oct 1975 - Jan 1979        Wei Guoqing                        (s.a.)
Governors
Jan 1979 - Feb 1981        Xi Zhongxun                        (s.a.)
Mar 1981 - Apr 1983        Liu Tianfu                         (b. 1907 - d. 2002)
Apr 1983 - Jul 1985        Liang Lingguang                    (b. 1916 - d. 2006)
Jul 1985 - May 1991        Ye Xuanping                        (b. 1924)
May 1991 -  9 Feb 1996     Zhu Senlin                         (b. 1930)
 9 Feb 1996 - 20 Jan 2003  Lu Ruihua                          (b. 1938)
20 Jan 2003 -              Huang Huahua                       (b. 1946)


Guangxi (Kwangsi): Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Guizhou (Kweichow)

1911                       Split from Yunnan.
1921 - 1935                Largely autonomous under local warlords
1935 - Nov 1949            Under Nationalist government.

Secretaries the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
1949 - 1954                Su Zhenhua
1954 - 1964                Z
hou Lin                           (b. 1912 - d. 1997)
1964 - 1965                Li Dazhang
1965 - 1967                Jia Qiyun
1967 - 1969                Li Zaihe
1969 - 1973                L
an Yinong                         (b. 1919)
1973 - 1977                Lu Ruilin                          (b. 1912 - d. 1999)
1977 - 1979                Ma Li                              (b. 1916 - d. 1979)
1979 - 1985                Chi Biqing
1985                       Zhu Houze
1985 - 1988                Hu Jintao                          (b. 1942)
1988 - 1993                Liu Zhengwei
1993 - 2001                Liu Fangren
2001 - 2005                Q
ian Yunlu                         (b. 1944)
2005 -                     Shi Zhongyuan

Military governors
Nov 1911 - 18 Mar 1912     Yang Jincheng                      (b. 1880 - d. 1922)
18 Mar 1912 - 28 Sep 1913  Tang Jiyao                         (b. 1881 - d. 1927)
28 Sep 1913 - 13 Nov 1920  Liu Xianshi (1st time)             (b. 1870 - d. 1927)
28 Jan 1921 -  2 Apr 1922  Lu Tao                             (b. 1882 - d. 1949)
 2 Apr 1922 -  9 Apr 1922  Liu Xianshi (2nd time)             (s.a.)
21 Apr 1922 - 12 Mar 1923  Yuan Zuming                        (b. 1889 - d. 1927)
12 Mar 1923 - 23 Jan 1925  Tang Jiyu                          (b. 1890 - d. 1925)
23 Jan 1925 - 17 Feb 1925  Peng Hanzhang                      (b. 1890 - d. 1927)
17 Feb 1925 -  1 Jun 1926  Wang Tianpei                       (b. 1888 - d. 1927)
 1 Jun 1926 - Oct 1928     Zhou Xicheng                       (b. 1893 - d. 1929)
Civil governors
Nov 1911 - Mar 1912        Zhou Peiyi                         (b. 1879 - d. 1958)
Mar 1912 - Apr 1912        Tang Eryong
26 Apr 1912 - 24 Jun 1913  Tang Jiyao                         (s.a.)
24 Jun 1913 - 20 Nov 1915  Dai Kan (1st time)                 (b. 1880 - d. 1917)
13 Nov 1914 - 15 Jan 1916  Long Jianzhang                     (b. 1872 - d. 19..)
                             (acting for Dai to 20 Nov 1915)
15 Jan 1916 -  6 Jul 1916  Liu Xianqian                       (b. 1865 - d. 1938)
 6 Jul 1916 -  9 Aug 1916  Dai Kan (2nd time)                 (s.a.)
 9 Aug 1916 - 13 Nov 1920  Liu Xianshi (1st time)             (s.a.)
28 Jan 1921 - Mar 1922     Ren Kecheng                        (b. 1878 - d. 1945)
Mar 1922 - 18 Mar 1922     Wang Boqun                         (b. 1885 - d. 1944)
18 Mar 1922 - 12 Mar 1923  Yuan Zuming (1st time)             (s.a.)
19 Apr 1923 - 24 Jan 1925  Liu Xianshi (2nd time)             (s.a.)
24 Jan 1925 - 17 Feb 1925  Lu Tao                             (s.a.)
24 Jan 1925 - 17 Feb 1925  Yuan Zuming (2nd time)             (s.a.)
                             (acting for Lu)
17 Feb 1925 -  1 Jun 1926  Peng Hanzhang                      (s.a.)
 1 Jun 1926 - Oct 1928     Zhou Xicheng                       (s.a.)
Chairmen of the government
Jun 1929 - Jul 1929        Li Shen                            (b. 1889 - d. 1929)
Jul 1929 - Nov 1931        Mao Guangxiang                     (b. 1893 - d. 1947)
Nov 1931 - May 1935        Wang Jialie                        (b. 1893 - d. 1966)
May 1935 - Aug 1936        Wu Zhongxin
Aug 1936 - Oct 1936        Gu Zhutong                         (b. 1891 - d. 1987)
Oct 1936 - Sep 1937        Xue Yue
Sep 1937 - Apr 1945        Wu Dingchang                       (b. 1884 - d. 1950)
Apr 1945 - Jul 1948        Yang Sen                           (b. 1887 - d. 1977)
Jul 1948 - Nov 1949        Gu Zhenglun                        (b. 1890 - d. 1953)
Dec 1949 - Dec 1954        Yang Yong                          (b. 1913 - d. 1983)
Dec 1954 - Feb 1955        Zhou Lin                           (s.a.)
Governors
Feb 1955 - Jul 1965        Zhou Lin                           (s.a.)
Jul 1965 - Feb 1967        Li Li                              (b. 1908)
Feb 1967 - Jul 1968        Li Zaihan                          (b. 1919 - d. 1975)
Chairmen of the Revolutionary Committee
Jul 1968 - May 1971        Li Zaihan                          (s.a.)
May 1971 - Sep 1973        Lan Yinong                         (s.a.)
Sep 1973 - Feb 1977        Lu Ruilin                          (s.a.)
Feb 1977 - Sep 1979        Ma Li                              (s.a.)
Governors
Sep 1979 - Dec 1982        Su Gang                            (b. 1920 - d. 2002)
Dec 1982 - Jan 1993        Wang Chaowen                       (b. 1930)
Jan 1993 - Jul 1996        Chen Shineng                       (b. 1938)
Jul 1996 - Dec 1998        Wu Yixia                           (b. 1943 - d. 1998)
Dec 1998 - Jan 2001        Qian Yunlu (acting to Jan 1999)    (s.a.)
Jan 2001 - 19 Jul 2006     Shi Xiushi (acting to 17 Jan 2001) (b. 1942)
19 Jul 2006 -              Lin Shusen (acting to 27 Jan 2007) (b. 1946)



Hainan

10 Feb 1939 - Aug 1945     Occupied by Japan.
1944 - 1950                Hainan special administrative region.
11 Jan 1950                Under Communist control.

 1 Oct 1984                Hainan administrative region
13 Apr 1988                Hainan province (split from Gugangdong).

Secretaries the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
1988 - 1990                Xu Shijie
1990 - 1993                Deng Hongxun
1993 - 1998                Ruan Chongwu                       (b. 1933)
1998 - 2001                Du Qinglin                         (b. 1946)
2001 - 2002                Bai Keming                         (b. 1943)
2002 - 2003                Wang Qishan                        (b. 1948)
2003 - 2006                Wang Xiaofeng                      (b. 1944)
2006 -                     W
ei Liucheng                       (b. 1946)

Administrators
 1 Oct 1984 - 1985         Lei Yu
1985 - 1988                ....

Governors

Aug 1988 - Sep 1989        Liang Xiang                        (b. 1919 - d. 1998)
Sep 1989 - Feb 1993        Liu Jianfeng                       (b. 1936)
Feb 1993 - Feb 1998        Ruan Chongwu                       (b. 1933)
Feb 1998 - 22 Oct 2003     Wang Xiaofeng (acting to Apr 1998) (b. 1944)
22 Oct 2003 - 10 Jan 2007  Wei Liucheng                       (s.a.)
                             (acting to 28 Feb 2004)
10 Jan 2007 -              Luo Baoming (acting to 9 Feb 2007) (b. 1952)



Hebei (Jhihli, Chili, Zhili)

26 Jun 1928                Jhihli (Zhili) renamed Hebei.
 8 Jun 1928 - 22 Jan 1949  Under Nationalist government.
 8 Aug 1937 - Aug 1945     Occupied by Japan.

Secretaries the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
1949 - 1966                L
in Tie                            (b. 1904 - d. 1989)
1966 - 1967                Liu Zihou                          (b. 1911 - d. 2001)
1968 - 1971                Li Xuefeng                         (b. 1907 - d. 2003)
1971 - 1979                Liu Zihou                          (b. 1911 - d. 2001)
1979 - 1982                Jin Ming
1982 - 1985                Gao Yang
1985 - 1993                Xing Chongzhi
1993 - 1998                Cheng Weigao                       (b. 1933)
1998 - 2000                Ye Liansong                        (b. 1935)
2000 - 2002                Wang Xudong                        (b. 1946)
2002 - 2007                Bai Keming                         (b. 1943)
2007 -                     Zhang Yunchuan                     (b. 1946)

Governors-general of Zhili, Henan, and Shandong
1670 - 1724                ....
1724 - 1725                Li Weijun
1725 - 1727                Li Fu                              (b. 1673 - d. 1750)
1727 - 1728                Yi Zhaoxiong
1729 - 17..                He Shiji
1730 - 1731                Tang Zhiyu
1732                       Liu Yuyi
1732 - 1738                Li Wei                             (b. 1686 - d. 1738)
1738 - 1741                Sun Jiagan                         (b. 1683 - d. 1753)
1742                       Gao Bin
1742 - 1745                Shi Yizhi
1745 - 1748                Nasutu
1749 - 1755                Fang Guancheng (1st time)          (b. 1698 - d. 1768)
1755 - 1756                ....
1756 - 1768                Fang Guancheng (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1768 - 1772                Yang Tingzhang
1772 - 1780                Zhou Yuanli
1780                       Yang Jingsuo
1780 - 1782                Yuan Shoutong
1782 - 1783                Zhong Dajin
1783 - 1791                Liu O
1792 - 1799                Liang Kentang
1799 - 1801                Hu Jitang
1801 - 1802                Jiang Sheng
1802 - 1804                Chen Dawen
1804 - 1805                Yan Jian (1st time)
1805                       Wu Xiongguang
1805 - 1806                Qui Xingjian                       (b. 17.. - d. 1806)
1807 - 1814                Wen Chenghui
1814 - 1817                Nayancheng (1st time)
1817 - 1822                Fang Aichou
1822                       Malate Songyun (1st time)          (b. 1754 - d. 1835)
1822 - 1823                Yan Jian (2nd time)
1823 - 1825                Jiang Youxian                      (b. 1766 - d. 1830)
1825 - 1827                Nayancheng (2nd time)
1827 - 1828                Tu Zhishen
1828 - 1829                Nayancheng (3rd time)
1829 - 1831                Malate Songyun (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1831 - 1840                Borzigit Qishan                    (b. c.1790 - d. 1854)
1840 - 1854                Feimo Narjinge                     (d. 1857)
1854 - 1857             &n