Governor of Shanxi

Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government
山西省人民政府省长
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Incumbent Jin Xiangjun since 29 December 2022
Shanxi Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Shanxi Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Shanxi Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Cheng Zihua
Formation	August 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

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

The governor is elected by the Shanxi 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 Shanxi 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 Shanxi Committee.^[1] The current governor is Jin Xiangjun, who took office on 29 December 2022.