The chairperson is elected by the People's Congress of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee.

The chairperson is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the regional government.

The chairperson generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee.

The chairperson the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Guangxi Committee.

[2] The current chairperson is Lan Tianli, who took office on 19 October 2020.