 However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor is considered to have less power than the Shaanxi Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary (), colloquially termed the "Shaanxi CPC Party Chief"; since the Governor is always ranked as the First-Deputy Secretary in the Shaanxi Communist Party of China Provincial Committee.Shaanxi was established as a provincial government since Qing Dynasty.On 10 January 1950, the People's Government of Shaanxi was established in Xi'an.