The secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Heilongjiang.
The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee, and is usually a member of the CCP Central Committee. The secretary leads the work of the Provincial Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary is outranks the governor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.
The current secretary is Xu Qin, who took office on 18 October 2021.
List of party secretaries ImageNameTerm startTerm endZhang Qilong ()May 1949March 1950Zhao Dezun ()March 1950April 1953Feng Jixin ()April 1953July 1954Ouyang Qin ()July 1954October 1965Pan Fusheng ()October 1965June 1971Wang Jiadao ()August 1971December 1974Liu Guangtao ()February 1977December 1977Yang Yichen ()December 1977March 1983Li Li'an ()March 1983October 1985Sun Weiben ()October 1985April 1994Yue Qifeng ()April 1994July 1997Xu Youfang ()July 1997March 2003Song Fatang ()March 2003December 2005Qian Yunlu (钱运录)December 2005April 2008Ji Bingxuan ()April 2008March 2013Wang Xiankui ()March 2013April 2017Zhang Qingwei ()April 2017October 2021Xu Qin ()October 2021Incumbent
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