The secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Shenzhen 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 Shenzhen, which outranks the mayor, conventionally being the deputy secretary of the municipal committee. The secretary is also the leader of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee.