Population during each Party Secretary's tenure
33 Party Secretaries and Chief Executives, ranked by how population 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 Liu Qi | Beijing | 22 Oct 2002 – 3 Jul 2012 | +46.0% 2002 → 2012 | +39.3 pts China +6.8% | +3.9%/yr | |
| 2 | CCP Zhang Gaoli | Tianjin | 25 Mar 2007 – 21 Nov 2012 | +28.2% 2006 → 2012 | +24.8 pts China +3.4% | +4.2%/yr | |
| 3 | N Fernando Chui | Macao | 20 Dec 2009 – 20 Dec 2019 | +25.6% 2009 → 2019 | +20.1 pts China +5.5% | +2.3%/yr | |
| 4 | N Edmund Ho | Macao | 20 Dec 1999 – 20 Dec 2009 | +25.2% 1999 → 2009 | +17.7 pts China +7.4% | +2.3%/yr | |
| 5 | N Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira | Macao | 23 Apr 1991 – 20 Dec 1999 from 1991 | +21.5% 1991 → 1999 | — | +2.5%/yr | |
| 6 | CCP Yu Zhengsheng | Shanghai | 27 Oct 2007 – 20 Nov 2012 | +16.2% 2007 → 2012 | +13.4 pts China +2.9% | +3.1%/yr | |
| 7 | CCP Chen Liangyu | Shanghai | 22 Oct 2002 – 24 Sep 2006 | +14.7% 2002 → 2006 | +11.4 pts China +3.2% | +3.5%/yr | |
| 8 | CCP Wang Yang | Guangdong | 1 Dec 2007 – 18 Dec 2012 | +14.3% 2007 → 2012 | +11.4 pts China +2.9% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 9 | CCP Chen Jianguo | Ningxia | 1 Mar 2002 – 1 Jul 2010 | +14.3% 2001 → 2010 | +7.8 pts China +6.4% | +1.5%/yr | |
| 10 | CCP Zhang Chunxian | Xinjiang | 24 Apr 2010 – 29 Aug 2016 | +12.5% 2009 → 2016 | +8.3 pts China +4.2% | +1.7%/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. thousand residents · OECD regional database (from the National Bureau of Statistics), resident population; Hong Kong and Macao: World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL) · province data · as of Jul 2025.