Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there has never been a female mayor in Xi 'an, and there are female mayors in other cities. However, since the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), all the mayors of Xi have been men.

Every mayor of An has: the first, the second Fang Zhongru, the third Liu Geng, the fourth Shi Yizhi, the fifth Liu Geng, the sixth Xu Bu, the seventh Sun Changxing, the eighth Wang Lin, the ninth, the tenth, the twelfth Yuan, the thirteenth, the fourteenth Feng Xuchu, the fifteenth Sun Qingyun, the sixteenth Chen Baogen and the seventeenth.