Jump to content

Main menu Navigation ●Main page ●Contents ●Current events ●Random article ●About Wikipedia ●Contact us ●Donate Contribute ●Help ●Learn to edit ●Community portal ●Recent changes ●Upload file

●Create account ●Log in ●Create account ● Log in Pages for logged out editors learn more ●Contributions ●Talk

(Top) 1 Composition 1.1 Members 1.2 Alternates 2 References 3 External links

8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

●Čeština ●Français ●Bahasa Indonesia ●Italiano ●Tiếng Việt Edit links ●Article ●Talk ●Read ●Edit ●View history Tools Actions ●Read ●Edit ●View history General ●What links here ●Related changes ●Upload file ●Special pages ●Permanent link ●Page information ●Cite this page ●Get shortened URL ●Download QR code ●Wikidata item Print/export ●Download as PDF ●Printable version Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of China)

The 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the CCP on 28 September 1956 in the aftermath of the 8th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 7th Politburo and succeeded by the 9th. 11 of the 26 members served concurrently in the 8th Politburo Standing Committee.

Composition

[edit]

Members

[edit]

Members of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
^[1]
Name	Hanzi	7th POL	9th POL	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	No. of offices	Ref.
Chen Boda	陈伯达	11th Plenum	Reelected	1904	1927	1989	Fujian	Two Party office Chairman, Central Cultural Revolution Group President, People's Daily	^[2]
Chen Yi	陈毅	New	Not	1901	1922	1972	Sichuan	Four State offices Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Minister of Foreign Affairs President, China Foreign Affairs University Mayor, Shanghai Municipal People's Government	^[3]
Chen Yun	陈云	Old	Not	1905	1924	1995	Shanghai	Two State offices First-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Chairman, National Capital Construction Commission	^[4]
Deng Xiaoping	邓小平	Old	12th Plenum	1904	1924	1997	Sichuan	One Party office Secretary-General, Central Committee Secretariat	^[5]
Dong Biwu	董必武	Old	Reelected	1886	1921	1975	Hubei	Three Party office Secretary, Central Supervisory Commission of the Central Committee State offices Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China President, Supreme People's Court	^[6]
He Long	贺龙	New	12th Plenum	1896	1926	1969	Hunan	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[7]
Kang Sheng	康生	11th Plenum	Reelected	1898	1925	1975	Shandong	Two Organisational office Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[8]
Ke Qingshi	柯庆施	6th Plenum	Died	1902	1922	1965	Anhui	Two Party office Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Party Committee State office Mayor, Shanghai Municipal People's Government	^[9]
Li Fuchun	李富春	New	Not	1900	1922	1975	Hunan	One State office Chairman, State Planning Commission of the State Council of the People's Republic of China	^[10]
Li Jingquan	李井泉	6th Plenum	11th Plenum	1909	1922	1989	Jiangxi	Two Party office Secretary, Sichuan Provincial Party Committee State office Governor, Sichuan Provincial People's Government	^[11]
Li Xiannian	李先念	New	Reelected	1909	1927	1992	Hubei	One State office Minister of Finance	^[12]
Lin Biao	林彪	Old	Reelected	1907	1927	1971	Hubei	Five Party office First Vice Chairman, Central Committee State offices First-ranked Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Minister of National Defense, People's Republic of China Military offices Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission of the Central Committee Vice Chairman, National Defense Council	^[13]
Lin Boqu	林伯渠	Old	Died	1886	1921	1960	Hunan	One State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[14]
Liu Bocheng	刘伯承	New	Reelected	1892	1926	1986	Sichuan	Three Military offices Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission of the Central Committee Vice Chairman, National Defense Council State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[15]
Liu Shaoqi	刘少奇	Old	12th Plenum	1898	1921	1969	Henan	Three Party office First Vice Chairman, Central Committee State office Chairman of the People's Republic of China Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[16]
Luo Ronghuan	罗荣桓	New	Died	1902	1927	1963	Hunan	Two Party office Secretary, Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee State office Secretary-General, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[17]
Mao Zedong	毛泽东	Old	Reelected	1893	1921	1976	Hunan	Three Party office Chairman, Central Committee Military office Chairman, Central Military Commission of the Central Committee Chairman, National Defense Council State office	^[18]
Nie Rongzhen	聂荣臻	11th Plenum	Not	1899	1923	1992	Sichuan	Three Military offices Vice Chairman, Central Military Commission of the Central Committee Vice Chairman, National Defense Council State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Chairman, State Science and Technology Commission	^[19]
Peng Dehuai	彭德怀	New	8th Plenum	1898	1928	1974	Hunan	Two State offices Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Minister of National Defence	^[20]
Peng Zhen	彭真	Old	11th Plenum	1902	1923	1997	Shanxi	Two Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Party Committee State office Mayor, Beijing Municipal People's Government	^[21]
Tan Zhenlin	谭震林	6th Plenum	12th Plenum	1902	1926	1983	Jiangxi	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[22]
Tao Zhu	陶铸	11th Plenum	12th Plenum	1908	1926	1969	Hunan	Three Party office Head, Propaganda Department of the Central Committee Secretary, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee State office Governor, Guangdong Provincial People's Government	^[23]
Xu Xiangqian	徐向前	11th Plenum	Not	1901	1927	1990	Shanxi	One Military office Vice Chairman, National Defense Council	^[24]
Ye Jianying	叶剑英	11th Plenum	Reelected	1897	1927	1986	Guangdong	Two Military offices Secretary-General, Central Military Commission of the Central Committee Political Commissar, Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation Army	^[25]
Zhou Enlai	周恩来	Old	Reelected	1898	1921	1976	Jiangsu	Three Party office First Vice Chairman, Central Committee State office Premier, State Council of the People's Republic of China Organisational office Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference	^[26]
Zhu De	朱德	Old	Reelected	1886	1925	1976	Sichuan	One State office Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[27]

Alternates

[edit]

Alternates of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
^[1]
Name	Hanzi	7th POL	9th POL	Birth	PM	Death	Birthplace	Ethnicity	No. of offices	Ref.
Bo Yibo	薄一波	New	11th Plenum	1908	1925	2007	Shanxi	Han	One State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	^[28]
Chen Boda	陈伯达	New	11th Plenum	1904	1927	1989	Fujian	Han	Two Party office Chairman, Central Cultural Revolution Group President, People's Daily	^[2]
Kang Sheng	康生	New	11th Plenum	1898	1925	1975	Shandong	Han	Two Organisational office Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference State office Vice Chairman, Standing Committee of the National People's Congress	^[8]
Li Xuefeng	李雪峰	11th Plenum	Alternate	1903	1933	2003	Shanxi	Han	One Party office Secretary, Beijing Municipal Party Committee	^[29]
Lu Dingyi	陆定一	New	11th Plenum	1906	1925	1996	Jiangsu	Han	Two State office Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China Minister of Culture	^[30]
Song Renqiong	宋任穷	11th Plenum	12th Plenum	1909	1926	2005	Hunan	Han	Three Military office Political Commissar, Shenyang Military Region of the People's Liberation Army State office Minister of the Third Ministry of Machine Industry Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Industry	^[31]
Ulanhu	乌兰夫	New	11th Plenum	1907	1925	1988	Suiyuan	Tümed	Three Party office Secretary, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee State offices Minister, State Ethnic Affairs Commission Governor, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government	^[32]
Xie Fuzhi	谢富治	11th Plenum	Member	1909	1931	1972	Hubei	Han	Two State offices Minister of Public Security Chairman, Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee	^[33]
Zhang Wentian	张闻天	Member	8th Plenum	1907	1925	1946	Shanghai	Han	One State office Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs	^[34]

References

[edit]

^ ^a ^b "中国共产党第八届中央领导组织" [The 8th Central Leading Organisation of the Communist Party of China] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 19 September 2008. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

^ ^a ^b "Chen Boda". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "陈毅（1901—1972）" [Chen Yi (1901—1972)] (in Chinese). National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ Tyler, Patrick E. (12 April 1995). "Chen Yun, Who Slowed China's Shift to Market, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

^ "Deng Xiaoping". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "董必武（1886—1975)" [Dong Biwu（1886—1975）]. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "贺龙" [He Long]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ ^a ^b "Kang Sheng". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

^ "柯庆施" [Ke Qingshi]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ "李富春" [Li Fuchun]. The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

^ "李井泉" [Li Jingquan] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ "Li Xiannian". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

^ Rhoads, Edward J. M. "Lin Biao". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "林伯渠：历史进程中"总站在革命的最前线"" [Lin Boqu: "Always at the forefront of revolution" in the historical process] (in Chinese). All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese. 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ "组图：纪念刘伯承诞辰120周年——难忘"军神"风采" [Group photo: Commemorating the 120th anniversary of Liu Bocheng's birth - unforgettable "military god" style]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

^ North, Robert C. "Liu Shaoqi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

^ "罗荣桓" [Luo Ronghuan] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 November 2007. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ Schram, Stuart Reynolds. "Mao Zedong". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "聂荣臻" [Nie Rongzhen] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

^ "Peng Dehuai". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ "彭真" [Peng Zhen]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

^ "谭震林" [Tan Zhenlin] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ "十二平反昭雪冤假错案" [12. Rehabilitate wrongful convictions]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "徐向前" [Xu Xiangqian] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

^ "Ye Jianying". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "Zhou Enlai". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "Zhu De". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "薄一波" [Bo Yibo]. The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ "李雪峰" [Li Xuefeng]. People's Daily. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "陆定一" [Lu Dingyi]. The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

^ "宋任穷（1909—2005）" [Song Renqiong (1909—2005)] (in Chinese). National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

^ "乌兰夫（1906—1988）" [Ulanhu (1906—1988)] (in Chinese). National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

^ "谢富治" [Xie Fuzhi]. People's Daily. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

^ "张闻天" [Zhang Wentian]. The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

External links

[edit]

(in Chinese) Gazette of the 1st Session of the 8th CCP Central Committee

Chinese Communist Party

Central Committee

Leader	Chen Duxiu (1921–1927) Xiang Zhongfa (1928–1931) Bo Gu (1931–1935) Zhang Wentian (1935–1943) Mao Zedong (1943–1976) Hua Guofeng (1976–1981) Hu Yaobang (1981–1987) Zhao Ziyang (1987–1989) Jiang Zemin (1989–2002) Hu Jintao (2002–2012) Xi Jinping (2012–present)
Decision-making bodies	General Secretary Politburo (Standing Committee) Secretariat Central Military Commission
Departments	Organization Department Publicity Department United Front Work Department International Department Social Work Department Political and Legal Affairs Commission
Directly administered	General Office Office of the General Secretary Central Guard Bureau Central Guard Unit Secrecy Office Cryptography Office Central Archives Policy Research Office
Commissions for co-ordination	Auditing Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Comprehensively Law-Based Governance Financial Financial and Economic Affairs Foreign Affairs Cyberspace Affairs Office National Security Science and Technology Spiritual Civilization Institutional Organization Office Secrecy Office
Dispatched institutions for co-ordination	Working Committee of Central and State Organs Central Financial Work Commission Hong Kong Work Committee Macau Work Committee Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong
Leading groups	Cryptography Work Office Education Rural Work Inspection Work Military Reform Propaganda, Ideology and Culture Taiwan Office Hong Kong and Macau Office
Others	Central Party School Chinese Academy of Governance Institute of Party History and Literature People's Daily Qiushi Guangming Daily Executive Leadership Academies Pudong Yan'an Jinggangshan

National Congress

Leadership sittings

Elected by the
Central Committee

Politburo Standing Committee

Politburo

Military Commission

Approved by the
Central Committee

Secretariat	8th: 1956–1969 11th: 1980–1982 12th: 1982–1987 13th: 1987–1992 14th: 1992–1997 15th: 1997–2002 16th: 2002–2007 17th: 2007–2012 18th: 2012–2017 19th: 2017–2022 20th: 2022–2027
CCDI Standing Committee	7th 1949–1956 8th: 1956–1969 11th: 1978–1982 12th: 1982–1987 13th: 1987–1992 14th: 1992–1997 15th: 1997–2002 16th: 2002–2007 17th: 2007–2012 18th: 2012–2017 19th: 2017–2022 20th: 2022–2027
CCDI Secretary	Zhu De (1949–55) Dong Biwu (1955–68) Chen Yun (1978–87) Qiao Shi (1987–92) Wei Jianxing (1992–2002) Wu Guanzheng (2002–07) He Guoqiang (2007–12) Wang Qishan (2012–17) Zhao Leji (2017–22) Li Xi (2022–)
Others	Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary General of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection