Real GDP during each Party Secretary's tenure
33 Party Secretaries and Chief Executives, ranked by how real GDP changed from their first day in office, next to China over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Party Secretary | Country | In office | Total | vs China | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CCP Chen Jianguo | Ningxia | 1 Mar 2002 – 1 Jul 2010 | +218% 2001 → 2010 | +190.3 pts China +28.1% | +13.7%/yr | |
| 2 | CCP Chu Bo | Inner Mongolia | 15 Aug 2001 – 30 Nov 2009 | +204% 2001 → 2009 | +187.8 pts China +15.8% | +14.9%/yr | |
| 3 | CCP Bai Enpei | Yunnan | 25 Oct 2001 – 25 Aug 2011 | +182% 2001 → 2011 | +141.7 pts China +40.3% | +10.9%/yr | |
| 4 | CCP Liu Qi | Beijing | 22 Oct 2002 – 3 Jul 2012 | +165% 2002 → 2012 | +122.8 pts China +42.6% | +10.3%/yr | |
| 5 | N Edmund Ho | Macao | 20 Dec 1999 – 20 Dec 2009 | +146% 1999 → 2009 | +122.4 pts China +23.7% | +9.4%/yr | |
| 6 | CCP Zhao Leji | Shaanxi | 25 Mar 2007 – 19 Nov 2012 | +125% 2006 → 2012 | +45.4 pts China +79.1% | +14.4%/yr | |
| 7 | CCP Meng Jianzhu | Jiangxi | 1 Apr 2001 – 30 Nov 2007 | +122% 2000 → 2007 | +123.5 pts China −1.9% | +12.0%/yr | |
| 8 | CCP Tian Chengping | Shanxi | 12 Jun 1999 – 2 Jul 2005 from 1999 | +106% 1999 → 2005 | +125.7 pts China −19.9% | +12.8%/yr | |
| 9 | CCP Li Yuanchao | Jiangsu | 1 Dec 2002 – 1 Oct 2007 | +94.4% 2002 → 2007 | +103.4 pts China −9.1% | +14.2%/yr | |
| 10 | CCP Jiang Yikang | Shandong | 31 Mar 2008 – 1 Apr 2017 | +94.2% 2007 → 2016 | −14.3 pts China +109% | +7.7%/yr |
Showing 10 of 143 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); China is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. US$ bn at PPP, constant prices · OECD regional database (from the National Bureau of Statistics' provincial accounts), GDP at constant 2020 prices in US dollars at PPP; Hong Kong and Macao: World Bank (NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.KD, 2021 prices) · province data · as of Jul 2025.