The governor of Jiangxi, officially the Governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, is the head of Jiangxi Province and leader of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Jiangxi Committee. The current governor is vacant since 23 September 2026, while the former governor Ye Jianchun is placed investigation on 26 August 2026 and later resigned.
List of governors
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government1Shao ShipingMay 1949February 1955Chinese Communist PartyGovernor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Committee(1)Shao ShipingFebruary 1955September 1965Chinese Communist Party2Fang ZhichunSeptember 1965January 1968Director of the Jiangxi Revolutionary Committee3Cheng ShiqingJanuary 1968April 1972Chinese Communist Party4She JideJune 1972December 19745Jiang WeiqingDecember 1974December 1979Governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government6Bai DongcaiDecember 1979August 1982Chinese Communist Party7Zhao ZengyiAugust 1982June 19858Ni XianceJuly 1985October 19869Wu GuanzhengOctober 1986April 199510Shu ShengyouApril 1995April 200111Huang ZhiquanApril 2001October 200612Wu Xinxiong31 October 20068 June 201113Lu Xinshe8 June 20118 July 201614Liu Qi8 July 20166 August 201815Yi Lianhong6 August 201821 October 202116Ye Jianchun21 October 202123 September 2026—Vacant
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