Governor of Shaanxi

Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government
陕西省人民政府省长
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Incumbent Zhao Gang since 1 December 2022
Shaanxi Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Ma Mingfang
Formation	May 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

The governor of Shaanxi, officially the Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head of Shaanxi Province and leader of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government.

The governor is elected by the Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Shaanxi Committee.^[1] The current governor is Zhao Gang, who took office on 1 December 2022.