Minister of Culture and Tourism (China)
| Minister of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China | |
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| 中华人民共和国文化和旅游部部长 | |
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| Ministry of Culture and Tourism | |
| Status | Provincial and ministerial-level official |
| Member of | Plenary Meeting of the State Council |
| Seat | Ministry of Culture and Tourism Building, Dongcheng District, Beijing |
| Nominator | Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party) |
| Appointer | President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee |
| Formation | 19 March 2018 |
| First holder | Luo Shugang |
| Deputy | Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism |
The minister of culture and tourism of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is twenty-first in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.[1]
The current minister is Sun Yeli, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.
List of ministers
[edit]Minister of Culture
[edit]| No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shen Yanbing (better by the pen name Mao Dun) | October 1949 | January 1965 |
| 2 | Lu Dingyi | January 1965 | June 1966 |
| 3 | Xiao Wangdong (acting) | June 1966 | January 1967 |
| post abolished | |||
| − | Wu De (head of the Cultural Group of the State Council) | June 1970 | January 1975 |
| 4 | Yu Huiyong | January 1975 | October 1976 |
| 5 | Huang Zhen | December 1977 | December 1980 |
| 6 | Zhou Weizhi (acting) | December 1980 | April 1982 |
| 7 | Zhu Muzhi | April 1982 | March 1986 |
| 8 | Wang Meng | March 1986 | September 1989 |
| 9 | He Jingzhi | August 1989 | November 1992 |
| 10 | Liu Zhongde | November 1992 | March 1998 |
| 11 | Sun Jiazheng | March 1998 | March 2008 |
| 12 | Cai Wu | March 2008 | December 2014 |
| 13 | Luo Shugang | December 2014 | March 2018 |
Minister of Culture and Tourism
[edit]| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Ref. |
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| 1 | Luo Shugang | 19 March 2018 | 11 August 2020 | [2] |
| 2 | Hu Heping | 11 August 2020 | 29 December 2023 | |
| 3 | Sun Yeli | 29 December 2023 | Incumbent | [3] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Constitution of the People's Republic of China". National People's Congress. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ 文化和旅游部部长雒树刚：推动中华文化走向世界. iFeng (in Chinese). 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Sun Yeli appointed minister of culture and tourism by China's top legislature". China Daily. 29 December 2023.