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Vice President of China since 2023

Han Zheng (; born 22 April 1954) is a Chinese politician serving as the current vice president of the People's Republic of China since 2023. He previously served as the first vice premier of the People's Republic of China between 2018 and 2023, and as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) between 2017 and 2022. Han served as Communist Party deputy secretary and mayor of Shanghai between 2003 and 2012. In November 2012, he was promoted to become the Party Secretary of Shanghai, the top political post in the city, and also gained a seat on the CCP Politburo.

He was born in Shanghai on 22 April 1954, but traces his ancestry to Cixi, in neighbouring Zhejiang province. He was a sent down youth during the Cultural Revolution, working at a collective farm in Chongming County, Shanghai. He later worked at a warehouse of a lifting installation company, later working at the company's supply and marketing division. He additionally served as a deputy secretary of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) between 1975 and 1980. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1979. He then worked at the Shanghai Chemical Equipment Industry company in an administrative role between 1980 and 1982. He was the CCP secretary and deputy director of the Dazhonghua Rubber Plant between 1988 and 1990. Between 1983 and 1985, he additionally attended a two year college program in Fudan University, and later completed an undergraduate degree in politics at the East China Normal University between 1985 and 1987 through part time studies.

In July 1995, Han was named deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, during which he was made the deputy CCP secretary of the Municipal Comprehensive Economic Work Committee, the director of the e City Planning Commission, and the director of the Securities Management Office. In December 1997, he was named a member of the municipal CCP Standing Committee for the first time, entering sub provincial ranks.

Han was chosen to be a member of the 19th CCP Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision making body, at the first plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on 25 October 2017. In March 2018 the National People's Congress appointed him as the first ranked vice premier of the State Council in Li Keqiang Government.

Han succeeded Zhang Dejiang as the leader of the Central Coordination Group for Hong Kong and Macau Affairs in April 2018, making him the CCP's top leader in regards to Hong Kong and Macau affairs. The Central Coordination Group was later upgraded to a Central Leading Group in 2020. Han was a key figure in the Chinese leadership's response during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. According to a Reuters report in 2019, shortly after the storming of the Legislative Council Complex, Han Zheng authorized Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam to directly communicate with his office, rather than go through the Hong Kong Liaison Office.

After the 20th CCP National Congress in October 2021, Han Zheng retired from the Politburo Standing Committee, as well as the broader Central Committee, at the age of 66. He was subsequently elected as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), the only departing PSC member to do so. On March 10, 2023, Han Zheng was elected during the first session of the 14th NPC as the vice president of the People's Republic of China, succeeding Wang Qishan. As vice president, Han has taken part in diplomatic activities. Han was President Xi's special representative at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla in May. He additionally attended the general debate of the seventy eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, giving a speech on 21 September. Han also met with US secretary of state Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Han Zheng is married to Wang Ming, who reportedly once served as a vice chair of the Shanghai Charity Foundation. They have one daughter.