The politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In the last few decades the city has produced many of the country's eventual senior leaders, including Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji, Wu Bangguo, Huang Ju, Xi Jinping, Yu Zhengsheng, Han Zheng, and Li Qiang. Overview The Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government (上海市人民政府市长, shorten as 上海市市长 ie Mayor of Shanghai Municipality) is the highest ranking executive official in Shanghai. Since Shanghai is a direct-controlled municipality of China, the Mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee Secretary (中国共产党上海市委员会书记, shorten as 中共上海市委书记), colloquially termed the "Shanghai CCP Party Chief" in English. Before 1941, Shanghai had a split administration: the International Settlement (governed under the Shanghai Municipal Council), the French Concession, and the Chinese City. The Chinese city was invaded by the Japanese in 1937 and the foreign concessions were occupied by the Japanese in 1941. After the occupation, the foreign powers formally ceded the territory to the Nationalist Government in Chongqing (a move largely symbolic until the Japanese surrender since the Nationalists no longer controlled Shanghai). List of provincial-level leaders Secretaries of the Communist Party Shanghai Committee Mayors of Shanghai Prior to the establishment of the office of Mayor of Shanghai, the city's administration was overseen by the circuit intendant ("taotai" / "daotai", 道臺). The office was abolished at the fall of the Qing. Chairpersons of Shanghai People's Congress Yan Youmin (严佑民): 1979－1981 Hu Lijiao (胡立教): 1981－1988 Ye Gongqi (叶公琦): 1988－1998 Chen Tiedi (陈铁迪) (female): 1998－2003 Gong Xueping (龚学平): 2003－2008 Liu Yungeng (刘云耕): 2008－2013 Yin Yicui (殷一璀) (female): 2013－2020 Jiang Zhuoqing (蒋卓庆): 2020－2023 Dong Yunhu (董云虎): 2023－incumbent Chairpersons of the Political Conference Shanghai Committee Ke Qingshi (柯庆施): 1955－1958 Chen Pixian (陈丕显): 1958－1967 Peng Chong (彭冲): 1977－1979 Wang Yiping (王一平): 1979－1983 Prof. Li Guohao (李国豪): 1983－1988 Prof. Xie Xide (谢希德) (female): 1988－1993 Chen Tiedi (陈铁迪) (female): 1993－1998 Wang Liping (王力平): 1998－2003 Jiang Yiren (蒋以任): 2003－2008 Feng Guoqin (冯国勤): 2008－2013 Wu Zhiming (吴志明): 2013－2018 Dong Yunhu (董云虎): 2018－2023 Hu Wenrong (胡文容): 2023－incumbent Chairpersons of the Shanghai Supervisory Committee Liao Guoxun (廖国勋): January 2018－March 2020 Liu Xuexin (刘学新): July 2020－October 2022 Li Yangzhe (李仰哲): October 2022－incumbent See also Circuit intendant