Mayor of Shenzhen

The mayor of Shenzhen, officially the Mayor of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government, is the head of Shenzhen Municipality and leader of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government.

The mayor is elected by the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The mayor is a deputy provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the municipal government. The mayor is assisted by an executive vice mayor as well as several vice mayors. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The mayor the second-highest-ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Shenzhen Committee. The current mayor is Qin Weizhong, who began serving as acting mayor on April 24, 2021 and officially took office on May 19.

After the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the first three mayors were all from Guangdong, including Wu Nansheng from Shantou, Liang Xiang from Kaiping, and Li Hao from Dianbai, Maoming. With the exception of Chen Rugui (whose native place was Lianjiang, Guangdong), all subsequent mayors of Shenzhen were from other provinces, with the largest number of people from Jiangsu, including Yu Youjun (Fengxian), Wang Rong (Binhai, acting), and Xu Qin (Lianyungang).