The politics of Guangdong follows a dual party-government system like the rest of China's provinces. Guangdong is known for a surge of legislative activism in recent years, often called the Guangdong Phenomenon (Guangdong Xianxiang). The Guangdong Provincial People's Congress has enacted measures to increase democracy and transparency, and exert more control over the financial sector. In a well-publicized case in 2000, the Guangdong PPC also harshly criticized the Environmental Protection Bureau for allowing the construction of an electroplating park without a proper environmental impact investigation.
List of Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretaries
| № | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye Jianying (叶剑英) | August 1949 | July 1955 | ||
| 2 | Tao Zhu (陶铸) | July 1955 | February 1965 | ||
| 3 | Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳) | February 1965 | March 1967 | ||
| 4 | Huang Yongsheng (黄永胜) | February 1968 | November 1969 | ||
| 5 | Liu Xingyuan (刘兴元) | November 1969 | December 1972 | ||
| 6 | Ding Sheng (丁盛) | December 1972 | December 1973 | ||
| 7 | Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳) | April 1974 | October 1975 | ||
| 8 | Wei Guoqing (韦国清) | October 1975 | December 1978 | ||
| 9 | Xi Zhongxun (习仲勋) | December 1978 | November 1980 | ||
| 10 | Ren Zhongyi (任仲夷) | November 1980 | July 1985 | ||
| 11 | Lin Ruo (林若) | July 1985 | January 1991 | ||
| 12 | Xie Fei (谢非) | January 1991 | March 1998 | ||
| 13 | Li Changchun (李长春) | March 1998 | November 2002 | ||
| 14 | Zhang Dejiang (张德江) | 24 December 2002 | 1 December 2007 | ||
| 15 | Wang Yang (汪洋) | 1 December 2007 | 18 December 2012 | ||
| 16 | Hu Chunhua (胡春华) | 28 December 2012 | 28 October 2017 | ||
| 17 | Li Xi (李希) | 28 October 2017 | 28 October 2022 | ||
| 18 | Huang Kunming (黄坤明) | 28 October 2022 | incumbent |
List of governors
| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 1 | Ye Jianying (1897–1986) | 6 November 1949 | September 1953 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 2 | Tao Zhu (1908–1969) | September 1953 | February 1955 | |||
| Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Committee | ||||||
| (2) | Tao Zhu (1908–1969) | February 1955 | August 1957 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 3 | Chen Yu (1901–1974) | August 1957 | November 1967 | |||
| 4 | Huang Yongsheng (1910–1983) | November 1967 | 21 February 1968 | |||
| Director of the Guangdong Revolutionary Committee | ||||||
| (4) | Huang Yongsheng (1910–1983) | 21 February 1968 | June 1969 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 5 | Liu Xingyuan (1908–1990) | June 1969 | April 1972 | |||
| 6 | Ding Sheng (1913–1999) | April 1972 | April 1974 | |||
| 7 | Zhao Ziyang (1919–2005) | April 1974 | October 1975 | |||
| 8 | Wei Guoqing (1913–1989) | October 1975 | January 1979 | |||
| Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 9 | Xi Zhongxun (1913–2002) | January 1979 | March 1981 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 10 | Liu Tianfu (1908–2002) | March 1981 | April 1983 | |||
| 11 | Liang Lingguang (1916–2006) | April 1983 | August 1985 | |||
| 12 | Ye Xuanping (1924–2019) | August 1985 | May 1991 | |||
| 13 | Zhu Senlin (born 1930) | May 1991 | 9 February 1996 | |||
| 14 | Lu Ruihua (1938–2025) | 10 February 1996 | 20 January 2003 | |||
| 15 | Huang Huahua (born 1946) | 20 January 2003 | 4 November 2011 | |||
| 16 | Zhu Xiaodan (born 1953) | 17 January 2012 (acting from 5 November 2011) | 30 December 2016 | |||
| 17 | Ma Xingrui (born 1959) | 23 January 2017 (acting from 30 December 2016) | 27 December 2021 | |||
| 18 | Wang Weizhong (born 1962) | 22 January 2022 (acting from 27 December 2021) | 11 October 2025 | |||
| 19 | Meng Fanli (born 1965) | 11 October 2025 (acting 11 October 2025) | Incumbent | |||
List of chairmen of Guangdong People's Congress
- Li Jianzhen (李坚真): 1979–1983
- Luo Tian (罗天): 1983–1990
- Lin Ruo (林若): 1990–1996
- Zhu Senlin (朱森林): 1996–2001
- Zhang Guoying (张帼英): 2001–2003
- Lu Zhonghe (卢钟鹤): 2003–2005
- Huang Liman (黄丽满): 2005 – January 2008
- Ou Guangyuan (欧广源): January 2008 – January 2013
- Huang Longyun (黄龙云): January 2013 – January 2017
- Li Yumei (李玉妹): January 2017 – January 2022
- Huang Chuping(黄楚平): January 2022 – present
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Tao Zhu (陶铸): 1955–1960
- Ou Mengjue (区梦觉): 1960–1967
- Wang Shoudao (王首道): 1977–1979
- Yin Linping (尹林平): 1979–1983
- Liang Weilin (梁威林): 1983–1985
- Wu Nansheng (吴南生): 1985–1993
- Guo Rongchang (郭荣昌): 1993–2003
- Liu Fengyi (刘凤仪): 2003
- Chen Shaoji (陈绍基): 2004 – April 2009
- Huang Longyun: 2009–2013
- Zhu Mingguo: 2013–2014
- Wang Rong: 2015–present
National Supervisory Commission
- Shi Kehui (施克辉): 2018–2021
- Song Fulong (宋福龙): 2021–present
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