The secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Nanjing.
The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Nanjing Municipal Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Committee. The secretary leads the work of the Municipal Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary is outranks the mayor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.
The current secretary is Zhou Hongbo, who took office on 1 December 2024.
After the Yangtze River Crossing campaign by the CCP on April 23, 1949, a total of 25 individuals have consecutively occupied the position of Secretary of the CCP Nanjing Municipal Committee.