It is officially elected by the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress and is formally responsible to the CMPC and its Standing Committee.

Under the country's one-party system, the mayor is subordinate to the secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

The Chongqing Municipal People's Government was established in December 1949.

In June 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, it was replaced by the Chongqing Revolutionary Committee.

The organization of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government includes:[1][2] Secretary of the Municipal Government Party Leading Group Member of the CCP Central Committee Deputy Secretary of the Party Leading Group Director of the General Office of Chongqing Municipal Party Committee Director of the Municipal Party Committee's Reform Office Member of the Party Leading Group Chairman of the CDL Chongqing Municipal Committee Member of the Party Leading Group Director of the Management Committee Member of the Party Leading Group Member of the Party Leading Group Member of the Party Leading Group Deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee's Political and Legal Affairs Commission Member of the Party Leading Group Member of the Party Leading Group Director of the Municipal Government Advisory Office 1st Municipal People's Government (June 1997–December 2002) 2nd Municipal People's Government (January 2003–December 2007) 3rd Municipal People's Government (January 2008–January 2013) 4th Municipal People's Government (January 2013–January 2018) 5th Municipal People's Government (January 2018–January 2023) 6th Municipal People's Government (January 2023–)