Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission

Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China
Chairman of National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国国家发展和改革委员会主任
	National Emblem of China
	Flag of China
	Incumbent; Zheng Shanjie; since 12 March 2023
	National Development and Reform Commission
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Plenary Meeting of the State Council
Seat	National Development and Reform Commission Building, Xicheng 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	November 1952; 73 years ago
First holder	Gao Gang
Deputy	Vice Chairperson

The chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China is the head of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is third in order of precedence.

The chairman is responsible for leading the commission, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the commission. Officially, the chairman 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 director is Zheng Shanjie, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the commission.

List of directors

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Chairman of the State Planning Commission of the Central People's Government
1	Gao Gang	November 1952	February 1954	^{[citation needed]}
Chairperson of the State Planning Commission
2	Li Fuchun	September 1954	June 1970	^{[citation needed]}
3	Yu Qiuli	January 1975	August 1980	^{[citation needed]}
4	Yao Yilin	August 1980	June 1983	^{[citation needed]}
5	Song Ping	June 1983	June 1987	^{[citation needed]}
6	Yao Yilin	June 1987	December 1989	^{[citation needed]}
7	Zou Jiahua	December 1989	March 1993	^{[citation needed]}
8	Chen Jinhua	March 1993	March 1998	^[2]
Chairperson of the State Development Planning Commission
9	Zeng Peiyan	March 1998	March 2003	^[3]
Chairperson of the National Development and Reform Commission
10	Ma Kai	March 2003	March 2008	^[4]
11	Zhang Ping	8 March 2008	16 March 2013	^{[citation needed]}
12	Xu Shaoshi	16 March 2013	24 February 2017	^[5]
13	He Lifeng	24 February 2017	12 March 2023	^[6]
14	Zheng Shanjie	12 March 2023	Incumbent	^[7]