[1] Generally, the title is held by multiple individuals at any given time, with each vice-premier holding a broad portfolio of responsibilities.The incumbent vice premiers, in order of rank, are Ding Xuexiang, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing and Liu Guozhong.[4] In practice, the vice premiers are chosen within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership, including the Politburo Standing Committee.[4] Immediately after the election, the president signs the presidential order formalizing the appointment of the vice premiers.[7] Development and reform, education, science and technology, finance, ecology and environment, statistics, and intellectual property Public finance, natural resource management, housing and urban development, transportation, commerce Industry and information technology, emergency management, and state-owned enterprises Agriculture and rural affairs, health, poverty alleviation, and meteorology