Governor Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===China=== {{main|Governor (People's Republic of China)}} In the [[People's Republic of China]], the title ''Governor'' ({{zh|c=省长|p=shěngzhǎng}}) refers to the highest ranking executive of a [[Province of China|provincial]] government. The governor is usually placed second in the provincial power hierarchy, below the [[Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary|secretary]] of the provincial [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) committee (省委书记), who serves as the highest ranking party official in the province. Governors are elected by the provincial congresses and approved by the provincial party chief.<ref name=cn1>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/18/content_11874428.htm |title=Liu Weiping elected governor of Gansu province |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn |date=2011-01-18 |access-date=2012-07-17 |archive-date=2013-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606195020/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/18/content_11874428.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=cn2>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-01/24/content_6419124.htm |title=Zhou Qiang re-elected governor of Hunan Province |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn |date=2008-01-24 |access-date=2012-07-17 |archive-date=2013-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606145314/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-01/24/content_6419124.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unescap.org/huset/lgstudy/country/china/china.html#evolve |title=Local Government in Asia and the Pacific – China |publisher=Unescap.org |date=1997-07-01 |access-date=2012-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628104013/http://www.unescap.org/huset/lgstudy/country/china/china.html#evolve |archive-date=2012-06-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> All governors are not locals in the provinces which they govern.<ref name=cepp>{{cite book|title= China's elite politics: political transition and power balancing|series=Series on contemporary China|author=Zhiyue Bo|publisher =World Scientific|year= 2007|ISBN= 9789812700414|page=385}}</ref> The title can be also used while referring to a [[County (People's Republic of China)|county]] governor (县长). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page