The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the region.

The current secretary is Wang Junzheng, who succeeded Wu Yingjie on 18 October 2021.

On January 2, 1950, Mao Zedong, who was still visiting the Soviet Union,[1] telephoned the CCP Southwest Bureau (Chinese: 中共中央西南局), requesting the formation of a leading organ for operating Tibet.

[2] The CCP Southwest Bureau then reported to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party that the 18th Army would be the main body responsible for advancing into Tibet, and proposed the establishment of a Tibet Working Committee, with Zhang Guohua, Tan Guansan (Chinese: 谭冠三), Wang Qimei (Chinese: 王其梅), Chang Binggui (Chinese: 昌炳桂), Chen Mingyi (Chinese: 陈明义), Liu Zhenguo (Chinese: 刘振国), and Sanggyai Yexe as members, with Zhang Guohua as secretary, Tan Guansan as deputy secretary.

[5] On June 11, 1951, the CCP Central Committee, in communication with the CCP Southwest Bureau and the CCP Northwest Bureau, approved the addition of Fan Ming, Mu Shengzhong (Chinese: 慕生忠), and Ya Hanzhang (Chinese: 牙含章) to the original list of candidates for participation, and added Fan Ming as deputy secretary.