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1em">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Chen Xilian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1915-01-01</span>)</span>January 1, 1915<br /><a href="/wiki/Hong%27an_County" title="Hong&#39;an County">Hong'an County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">10 June 1999<span style="display:none">(1999-06-10)</span> (aged&#160;84)<br /><a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img 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<ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Wang Xuanmei</div>&#32;<div style="display:inline-block;">&#8203;</div>&#40;1949&#x2060;&#8211;&#x2060;1999&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3 (two sons and one daughter)</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Chen Xilian</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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#f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Chén Xīlián</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chen Xilian</b> (pronounced <span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[ʈʂʰə&#780;n&#160;ɕi&#769;ljɛ&#780;n]</a></span>; 4 January 1915 – 10 June 1999) was a Chinese military officer and politician, general of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People&#39;s Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>. A prominent <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Maoist</a>, he held very important positions in both military and political spheres.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following acclaimed participation in many battles during both the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino%E2%80%93Japanese_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Sino–Japanese War">Second Sino–Japanese War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>, Chen served as Mayor and Military Governor of <a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a> from 1949 to 1950 and Central Commander of PLA <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a> from 1950 to 1959. He then commanded the <a href="/wiki/Shenyang_Military_Region" title="Shenyang Military Region">Shenyang Military Region</a> (1959–73) and, crucially, the <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Military_Region" title="Beijing Military Region">Beijing Military Region</a> (1973–80). Additionally, Chen was a full member of the <a href="/wiki/Politburo" title="Politburo">Politburo</a> (1969–80) and <a href="/wiki/Vice_Premier_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Premier of the People&#39;s Republic of China">Vice Premier</a> (1975–80).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Mao's death, Chen was one of <a href="/wiki/Hua_Guofeng" title="Hua Guofeng">Hua Guofeng</a>'s most significant supporters, along with <a href="/wiki/Wang_Dongxing" title="Wang Dongxing">Wang Dongxing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Li_Xiannian" title="Li Xiannian">Li Xiannian</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a> gradually rose to power, Chen lost his powerful posts, but was allowed to retire without harm. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_military_career_and_Sino–Japanese_War"><span id="Early_military_career_and_Sino.E2.80.93Japanese_War"></span>Early military career and Sino–Japanese War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chen_Xilian&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early military career and Sino–Japanese War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chen was born in <a href="/wiki/Hong%27an_County" title="Hong&#39;an County">Hong'an County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a>, in 1915. He became a soldier in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Red_Army" title="Chinese Red Army">Chinese Red Army</a> in 1929, at age 14, and joined the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Youth_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Youth League">Communist Youth League</a> a year later.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following military training at the Red Army School, he served in the 4th Front Army as a political instructor and communications man, moving up the ranks to regiment <a href="/wiki/Political_commissar" title="Political commissar">political commissar</a> in 1934. His unit, which was led by <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Guotao" title="Zhang Guotao">Zhang Guotao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xu_Xiangqian" title="Xu Xiangqian">Xu Xiangqian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Li_Xiannian" title="Li Xiannian">Li Xiannian</a>, included such future leaders as <a href="/wiki/Qin_Jiwei" title="Qin Jiwei">Qin Jiwei</a>. They fought <a href="/wiki/Sichuan_clique" title="Sichuan clique">Sichuan warlords</a> on the western leg of the <a href="/wiki/Long_March" title="Long March">Long March</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the close of the <a href="/wiki/Long_March" title="Long March">Long March</a>, Chen – like his colleagues <a href="/wiki/Xu_Shiyou" title="Xu Shiyou">Xu Shiyou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yu_Qiuli" title="Yu Qiuli">Yu Qiuli</a> – would find himself on the wrong side of the <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a>-<a href="/wiki/Zhang_Guotao" title="Zhang Guotao">Zhang Guotao</a> dispute, and badly battered by Muslim <a href="/wiki/Hui_people" title="Hui people">Hui</a> cavalry and <a href="/wiki/Ma_clique" title="Ma clique">warlord armies</a>. After the fighting, Chen emerged as a division commander and reached <a href="/wiki/Yan%27an" title="Yan&#39;an">Yan'an</a> in late 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/129th_Division_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" title="129th Division (People&#39;s Republic of China)">129th Division</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Route_Army" title="Eighth Route Army">Eighth Route Army</a>, which later became the core of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Field_Army" title="Second Field Army">2nd Field Army</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Liu_Bocheng" title="Liu Bocheng">Liu Bocheng</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a>. </p><p>On October 19, 1937 he led the 769th Regiment, First Column, against Japanese units defending Yangmingbao airbase, destroying 24 Japanese military aircraft, and killing more than 100 Japanese soldiers, which alleviated the air threat on the Xikou Front.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Chen at this time served under Xu Xiangqian with future generals <a href="/wiki/Xu_Shiyou" title="Xu Shiyou">Xu Shiyou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xu_Haidong" title="Xu Haidong">Xu Haidong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Han_Xianchu" title="Han Xianchu">Han Xianchu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chen_Xilian_addressing_soldiers_in_1940_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Chen_Xilian_addressing_soldiers_in_1940_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="196" height="357" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="357" /></a><figcaption>Chen Xilian addressing soldiers in 1940</figcaption></figure> <p>In the summer of 1940, Chen’s unit participated in the victorious <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Regiments_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Hundred Regiments Campaign">Hundred Regiments Campaign</a> near <a href="/wiki/Taiyuan" title="Taiyuan">Taiyuan</a>, and by September Chen had succeeded the reassigned Xu Shiyou as 385th Brigade Commander; his political commissar at the time was future Public Security Minister <a href="/wiki/Xie_Fuzhi" title="Xie Fuzhi">Xie Fuzhi</a>, later to become another powerful leftist.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1943 to 1944, he studied at the <a href="/wiki/Central_Party_School" title="Central Party School">Central Party School</a> in Yan'an. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chinese_Civil_War">Chinese Civil War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chen_Xilian&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Chinese Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>, Chen was commander of the 3rd Army and distinguished himself in the <a href="/wiki/Huaihai_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Huaihai Campaign">Huai–Hai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yangtze_River_Crossing_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze River Crossing Campaign">Yangtze</a> campaigns, which were both crushing victories for the Communists. In the spring of 1949, after the fall of <a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>, Chen's forces moved into <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a>, and took part in the capture of <a href="/wiki/Hangzhou" title="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, and then of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest China">Southwest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_People's_Republic"><span id="Early_People.27s_Republic"></span>Early People's Republic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chen_Xilian&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Early People&#039;s Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1949 to 1950, he was appointed Party First Secretary, Mayor and Military Governor of <a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a>, as well as a member of the Southwest Military and Political Committee, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, <a href="/wiki/He_Long" title="He Long">He Long</a> and Liu Bocheng.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1950 to 1959, Chen served as Central Commander of the entire PLA <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a>, and President of the Artillery Academy. He worked very closely with <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet advisers</a> and, like the Soviet Red Army, the PLA would acquire a preference for heavy artillery bombardments. Chen especially distinguished himself during the <a href="/wiki/First_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis" title="First Taiwan Strait Crisis">First Taiwan Strait Crisis</a>, with the PLA capturing the <a href="/wiki/Yijiangshan_Islands" title="Yijiangshan Islands">Yijiangshan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dachen_Islands" title="Dachen Islands">Dachen</a> islands. As commander of the artillery, he employed the former <a href="/wiki/Qing_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Dynasty">Qing Dynasty</a> Manchu imperial prince <a href="/wiki/Zaitao" title="Zaitao">Zaitao</a>, as a special adviser.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1959 to 1973, Chen Xilian was in <a href="/wiki/Manchuria" title="Manchuria">Manchuria</a>, serving as commander of the <a href="/wiki/Shenyang_Military_Region" title="Shenyang Military Region">Shenyang Military Region</a>. He was actively involved in the <a href="/wiki/Sino%E2%80%93Soviet_border_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino–Soviet border conflict">Sino–Soviet border conflict</a>, commanding the artillery assault on <a href="/wiki/Zhenbao_Island" title="Zhenbao Island">Zhenbao Island</a>. </p><p>A beneficiary of the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>, he became a full member of the <a href="/wiki/Politburo" title="Politburo">Politburo</a> in 1969, and Party Secretary of <a href="/wiki/Liaoning_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Liaoning Province">Liaoning Province</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Height_of_power_and_subsequent_fall">Height of power and subsequent fall</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chen_Xilian&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Height of power and subsequent fall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 1973, Chen Xilian became Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Military_Region" title="Beijing Military Region">Beijing Military Region</a>, while remaining a full member of the Politburo.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1975 he was also named a <a href="/wiki/Vice_Premier_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Premier of the People&#39;s Republic of China">Vice Premier</a>. During Mao Zedong's last years, Chen was one of his most trusted lieutenants, and Mao even allowed Chen to unofficially take over daily control of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Military_Commission_(China)" title="Central Military Commission (China)">Central Military Commission</a>, something that offended Marshal <a href="/wiki/Ye_Jianying" title="Ye Jianying">Ye Jianying</a>, who was previously tasked with this sensitive assignment. </p><p>In October 1976 (following the death of Mao in September) Chen was given credit by many for managing the arrest of the <a href="/wiki/Gang_of_Four" title="Gang of Four">Gang of Four</a>, but other sources instead give full credit to <a href="/wiki/Wang_Dongxing" title="Wang Dongxing">Wang Dongxing</a>; in any case, the two were close allies, and both agreed in supporting <a href="/wiki/Hua_Guofeng" title="Hua Guofeng">Hua Guofeng</a>, Mao's designated successor.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hua Guofeng gradually saw power slip from his hands, and Deng Xiaoping's re-emergence spelled the end of Chen's military and political power.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was purged in February 1980 along with three other beneficiaries of the Cultural Revolution: <a href="/wiki/Wu_De" title="Wu De">Wu De</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ji_Dengkui" title="Ji Dengkui">Ji Dengkui</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wang_Dongxing" title="Wang Dongxing">Wang Dongxing</a>. Together they were labelled the "Little Gang of Four" by Deng and his followers. However due to Chen's status as a revered war hero, Deng did not disgrace him any further as he previously did with the Gang of Four, allowing him to retain all the privileges of a retired general and attend the military parade celebrating the <a href="/wiki/35th_anniversary_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="35th anniversary of the People&#39;s Republic of China">35th anniversary of the People's Republic of China</a> with a VIP seat atop the <a href="/wiki/Tiananmen_gate" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiananmen gate">Tiananmen gate</a> on 1 October, 1984. </p><p>Chen went on to enjoy a comfortable retirement, and died in Beijing in 1999, at the age of 84. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chen_Xilian&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_officers_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="List of officers of the People&#39;s Liberation Army">List of officers of the People's Liberation Army</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chen_Xilian&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The History of the Chinese People's Liberation Army" Compilation Group. The History of the Chinese People's Liberation Army: Volume II. Military Science Press. 2010: p. 247.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Biography of Ye Jianying". Biography of Ye Jianying. Beijing: Contemporary China Press. 2006: p. 376.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Editorial Board, <i>Who’s Who in China: Current Leaders</i>, (Foreign Language Press, Beijing: 1989), p. 59.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitson, William and Huang Chen-hsia, <i>The Chinese High Command: A History of Communist Military Politics, 1927-71</i> (Praeger, New York: 1973), p. 141</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, David M., <i>Paths to Power: Elite Mobility in Contemporary China,</i> "Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies No. 55," The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor: 1986), p. 252-253).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, p. 255).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitson, p. 160.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, p. 255.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitson, Chart D.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, p. 259.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, p. 264.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, p. 266-69.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Zeng Siyu. My First Hundred Years (Part 2). Dalian: Dalian Publishing House. 2013: p. 725</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, p. 285.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, p. 273-277.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lampton, p. 285ff.</span> </li> </ol></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #CF9C65;">Military offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Deng_Hua" title="Deng Hua">Deng Hua</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a 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the People&#39;s Republic of China">State Council of the People's Republic of China</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Zhou Enlai Cabinet (1975–1976) → Hua Guofeng Cabinet (1976–1978)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_China" title="Premier of China">Premier</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Enlai" title="Zhou Enlai">Zhou Enlai</a><sup>PSC</sup> → <a href="/wiki/Hua_Guofeng" title="Hua Guofeng">Hua Guofeng</a><sup>PSC</sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nowrap">12 <a href="/wiki/Vice_Premier_of_China" title="Vice Premier of China">Vice Premiers</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Chunqiao" title="Zhang Chunqiao">Zhang Chunqiao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xiannian" title="Li Xiannian">Li Xiannian</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chen Xilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Dengkui" title="Ji Dengkui">Ji Dengkui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hua_Guofeng" title="Hua Guofeng">Hua Guofeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Yonggui" title="Chen Yonggui">Chen Yonggui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Guixian" title="Wu Guixian">Wu Guixian</a>♀</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Zhen_(general)" title="Wang Zhen (general)">Wang Zhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yu_Qiuli" title="Yu Qiuli">Yu Qiuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu_Mu" title="Gu Mu">Gu Mu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Jian_(politician)" title="Sun Jian (politician)">Sun Jian</a></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_State_Council" title="Secretary-General of the State Council">Secretary-General</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">None</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Constituent_departments_of_the_State_Council" title="Constituent departments of the State Council">Ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:5em;">&#160;&#160;&#160;</td><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;text-align:left;width:30%;"><div> <p><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">1</span> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(China)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (China)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> <a href="/wiki/Qiao_Guanhua" title="Qiao Guanhua">Qiao Guanhua</a> → <a href="/wiki/Huang_Hua" title="Huang Hua">Huang Hua</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">2</span> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defense_(China)" title="Minister of National Defense (China)">Ministry of National Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/Ye_Jianying" title="Ye Jianying">Ye Jianying</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">3</span> <a href="/wiki/National_Development_and_Reform_Commission" title="National Development and Reform Commission">State Planning Commission</a> <a href="/wiki/Yu_Qiuli" title="Yu Qiuli">Yu Qiuli</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">4</span> State Infrastructure Commission <a href="/wiki/Gu_Mu" title="Gu Mu">Gu Mu</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">5</span> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Public_Security_(China)" title="Minister of Public Security (China)">Ministry of Public Security</a> <a href="/wiki/Hua_Guofeng" title="Hua Guofeng">Hua Guofeng</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">6</span> Ministry of Foreign Trade <a href="/wiki/Li_Qiang_(revolutionary)" title="Li Qiang (revolutionary)">Li Qiang</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">7</span> Ministry of Foreign Economic Liaison <a href="/wiki/Fang_Yi" title="Fang Yi">Fang Yi</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">8</span> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs">Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sha_Feng&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sha Feng (page does not exist)">Sha Feng</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">9</span> Ministry of Metallurgical Industry <a href="/wiki/Chen_Shaokun" title="Chen Shaokun">Chen Shaokun</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">10</span> <a href="/wiki/First_Ministry_of_Machine_Building" title="First Ministry of Machine Building">First Ministry of Machine Building</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Li_Shuiqing&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Li Shuiqing (page does not exist)">Li Shuiqing</a><br /> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align:left;width:30%;"><div> <p><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Second_Ministry_of_Machine_Building" title="Second Ministry of Machine Building">Second Ministry of Machine Building</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Liu_Xiyao&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Liu Xiyao (page does not exist)">Liu Xiyao</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">12</span> <a href="/wiki/Third_Ministry_of_Machine_Building" title="Third Ministry of Machine Building">Third Ministry of Machine Building</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Li_Jitai&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Li Jitai (page does not exist)">Li Jitai</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">13</span> <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Ministry_of_Machine_Building" title="Fourth Ministry of Machine Building">Fourth Ministry of Machine Building</a> <a href="/wiki/Wang_Zhen_(general)" title="Wang Zhen (general)">Wang Zheng</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">14</span> <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Ministry_of_Machine_Building" title="Fifth Ministry of Machine Building">Fifth Ministry of Machine Building</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Li_Chengfang&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Li Chengfang (page does not exist)">Li Chengfang</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">15</span> <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Ministry_of_Machine_Building" title="Sixth Ministry of Machine Building">Sixth Ministry of Machine Building</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bian_Jiang&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Bian Jiang (page does not exist)">Bian Jiang</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">16</span> <a href="/wiki/Seventh_Ministry_of_Machine_Building" title="Seventh Ministry of Machine Building">Seventh Ministry of Machine Building</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_Yang_(general)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang Yang (general) (page does not exist)">Wang Yang</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">17</span> Ministry of Coal Industry <a href="/w/index.php?title=Xu_Jinqiang&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Xu Jinqiang (page does not exist)">Xu Jinqiang</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">18</span> Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries <a href="/wiki/Kang_Shi%27en" title="Kang Shi&#39;en">Kang Shi'en</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Water_Resources_(China)" title="Ministry of Water Resources (China)">Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power</a> <a href="/wiki/Qian_Zhengying" title="Qian Zhengying">Qian Zhengying</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">20</span> Ministry of Light Industry <a href="/w/index.php?title=Qian_Zhiguang&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Qian Zhiguang (page does not exist)">Qian Zhiguang</a><br /> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align:left;width:30%;"><div> <p><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">21</span> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(China)" title="Ministry of Railways (China)">Ministry of Railways</a> <a href="/wiki/Wan_Li" title="Wan Li">Wan Li</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">22</span> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transport_(China)" title="Ministry of Transport (China)">Ministry of Transport</a> <a href="/wiki/Ye_Fei" title="Ye Fei">Ye Fei</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">23</span> Ministry of Posts &amp; Telecommunications <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhong_Fuxiang&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhong Fuxiang (page does not exist)">Zhong Fuxiang</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">24</span> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(China)" title="Minister of Finance (China)">Ministry of Finance</a> <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Jingfu" title="Zhang Jingfu">Zhang Jingfu</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">25</span> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_(China)" title="Ministry of Commerce (China)">Ministry of Commerce</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fan_Ziyu&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Fan Ziyu (page does not exist)">Fan Ziyu</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">26</span> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(China)" title="Ministry of Culture (China)">Ministry of Culture</a> <a href="/wiki/Yu_Huiyong" title="Yu Huiyong">Yu Huiyong</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">27</span> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(China)" title="Minister of Education (China)">Ministry of Education</a> <a href="/wiki/Zhou_Rongxin" title="Zhou Rongxin">Zhou Rongxin</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_(China)" title="Ministry of Health (China)">Ministry of Health</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Liu_Xiangping&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Liu Xiangping (page does not exist)">Liu Xiangping</a><br /> <span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span class="nobold">29</span> Commission for Physical Culture and Sports <a href="/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong" title="Zhuang Zedong">Zhuang Zedong</a> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>P</sup>: Member of the <a href="/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">Politburo</a>;</li> <li><sup>PSC</sup>: Member of the <a href="/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">Politburo Standing Committee</a>;</li> <li>♀: female</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="11th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party_(1977–1982)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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Jianying">Ye Jianying</a> (Vice-Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a> (Vice-Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xiannian" title="Li Xiannian">Li Xiannian</a> (Vice-Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Dongxing" title="Wang Dongxing">Wang Dongxing</a> (Vice-Chairman; dismissed Feb 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Yun" title="Chen Yun">Chen Yun</a> (added Dec 1978; Vice-Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_Yaobang" title="Hu Yaobang">Hu Yaobang</a> (added Feb 1980; Chairman June 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Ziyang" title="Zhao Ziyang">Zhao Ziyang</a> (added Feb 1980; Vice-Chairman June 1981)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other members<br /><small><i>in <a href="/wiki/Surname_stroke_order" title="Surname stroke order">surname stroke order</a></i></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Guoqing" title="Wei Guoqing">Wei Guoqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulanhu" title="Ulanhu">Ulanhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fang_Yi" title="Fang Yi">Fang Yi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Bocheng" title="Liu Bocheng">Liu Bocheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Shiyou" title="Xu Shiyou">Xu Shiyou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Dengkui" title="Ji Dengkui">Ji Dengkui</a> <small>(dismissed Feb 1980)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su_Zhenhua" title="Su Zhenhua">Su Zhenhua</a> <small>(died Feb 1979)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Desheng" title="Li Desheng">Li Desheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_De" title="Wu De">Wu De</a> <small>(dismissed Feb 1980)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yu_Qiuli" title="Yu Qiuli">Yu Qiuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Tingfa" title="Zhang Tingfa">Zhang Tingfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Yonggui" title="Chen Yonggui">Chen Yonggui</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chen Xilian</a> <small>(dismissed Feb 1980)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geng_Biao" title="Geng Biao">Geng Biao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nie_Rongzhen" title="Nie Rongzhen">Nie Rongzhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni_Zhifu" title="Ni Zhifu">Ni Zhifu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Xiangqian" title="Xu Xiangqian">Xu Xiangqian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peng_Chong" title="Peng Chong">Peng Chong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Yingchao" title="Deng Yingchao">Deng Yingchao</a> <small>(added Dec 1978)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_Yaobang" title="Hu Yaobang">Hu Yaobang</a> <small>(added Dec 1978, to PSC Feb 1980)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Zhen_(general)" title="Wang Zhen (general)">Wang Zhen</a> <small>(added Dec 1978)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Ziyang" title="Zhao Ziyang">Zhao Ziyang</a> <small>(added Sep 1979, to PSC Feb 1980)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peng_Zhen" title="Peng Zhen">Peng Zhen</a> <small>(added Sep 1979)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alternate members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Muhua" title="Chen Muhua">Chen Muhua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Ziyang" title="Zhao Ziyang">Zhao Ziyang</a> <small>(full member Sep 1979)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saifuddin_Azizi" title="Saifuddin Azizi">Saifuddin Azizi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Template:7th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">7th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:8th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">8th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:9th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">9th</a>→<a 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href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party">Chairman</a>, died Sep 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Enlai" title="Zhou Enlai">Zhou Enlai</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party">Vice-Chairman</a>, died Jan 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Hongwen" title="Wang Hongwen">Wang Hongwen</a> (Vice-Chairman, arrested Oct 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kang_Sheng" title="Kang Sheng">Kang Sheng</a> (Vice-Chairman, died Dec 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Jianying" title="Ye Jianying">Ye Jianying</a> (Vice-Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Desheng" title="Li Desheng">Li Desheng</a> (Vice-Chairman, resigned Jan 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhu_De" title="Zhu De">Zhu De</a> (died Jul 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Chunqiao" title="Zhang Chunqiao">Zhang Chunqiao</a> (arrested Oct 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dong_Biwu" title="Dong Biwu">Dong Biwu</a> (died Apr 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a> (added Jan 1975, Vice-Chairman; dismissed Apr 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hua_Guofeng" title="Hua Guofeng">Hua Guofeng</a> (added Apr 1976, Vice-Chairman)</li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">after Oct 1976</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Hua_Guofeng" title="Hua Guofeng">Hua Guofeng</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party">Chairman</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Jianying" title="Ye Jianying">Ye Jianying</a> (Vice-Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a> (Vice-Chairman, reinstated Jul 1977)</li></ol> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other members<br /><small><i>in <a href="/wiki/Surname_stroke_order" title="Surname stroke order">surname stroke order</a></i></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Guoqing" title="Wei Guoqing">Wei Guoqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Bocheng" title="Liu Bocheng">Liu Bocheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiang_Qing" title="Jiang Qing">Jiang Qing</a> (arrested Oct 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Shiyou" title="Xu Shiyou">Xu Shiyou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hua_Guofeng" title="Hua Guofeng">Hua Guofeng</a> (to PSC Apr 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Dengkui" title="Ji Dengkui">Ji Dengkui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_De" title="Wu De">Wu De</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Dongxing" title="Wang Dongxing">Wang Dongxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Yonggui" title="Chen Yonggui">Chen Yonggui</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chen Xilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xiannian" title="Li Xiannian">Li Xiannian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Wenyuan" title="Yao Wenyuan">Yao Wenyuan</a> (arrested Oct 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping" title="Deng Xiaoping">Deng Xiaoping</a> (added Dec 1973, to PSC Jan 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Desheng" title="Li Desheng">Li Desheng</a> (from PSC Jan 1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alternate members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Guixian" title="Wu Guixian">Wu Guixian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su_Zhenhua" title="Su Zhenhua">Su Zhenhua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni_Zhifu" title="Ni Zhifu">Ni Zhifu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saifuddin_Azizi" title="Saifuddin Azizi">Saifuddin Azizi</a></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Template:7th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">7th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:8th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">8th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:9th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">9th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:10th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:10th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">10th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:11th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:11th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">11th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:12th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:12th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">12th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:13th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:13th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">13th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:14th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:14th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">14th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:15th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">15th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:16th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">16th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:17th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">17th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:18th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">18th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:19th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">19th</a>→<a 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href="/wiki/9th_Politburo_Standing_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="9th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">Standing Committee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party">Chairman</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin_Biao" title="Lin Biao">Lin Biao</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party">Vice-Chairman</a>, died Sep 1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Enlai" title="Zhou Enlai">Zhou Enlai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Boda" title="Chen Boda">Chen Boda</a> (dismissed Aug 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kang_Sheng" title="Kang Sheng">Kang Sheng</a></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other members<br /><small><i>in <a href="/wiki/Surname_stroke_order" title="Surname stroke order">surname stroke order</a></i></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Qun" title="Ye Qun">Ye Qun</a> (died Sep 1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Jianying" title="Ye Jianying">Ye Jianying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Bocheng" title="Liu Bocheng">Liu Bocheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiang_Qing" title="Jiang Qing">Jiang Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhu_De" title="Zhu De">Zhu De</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Shiyou" title="Xu Shiyou">Xu Shiyou</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chen Xilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xiannian" title="Li Xiannian">Li Xiannian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Zuopeng" title="Li Zuopeng">Li Zuopeng</a> (arrested Sep 1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Faxian" title="Wu Faxian">Wu Faxian</a> (arrested Sep 1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Chunqiao" title="Zhang Chunqiao">Zhang Chunqiao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qiu_Huizuo" title="Qiu Huizuo">Qiu Huizuo</a> (arrested Sep 1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Wenyuan" title="Yao Wenyuan">Yao Wenyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Yongsheng" title="Huang Yongsheng">Huang Yongsheng</a> (arrested Sep 1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dong_Biwu" title="Dong Biwu">Dong Biwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xie_Fuzhi" title="Xie Fuzhi">Xie Fuzhi</a> (died Mar 1972)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alternate members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Dengkui" title="Ji Dengkui">Ji Dengkui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Xuefeng" title="Li Xuefeng">Li Xuefeng</a> (dismissed Aug 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Desheng" title="Li Desheng">Li Desheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Dongxing" title="Wang Dongxing">Wang Dongxing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Template:7th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">7th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:8th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">8th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:9th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">9th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:10th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:10th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">10th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:11th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:11th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">11th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:12th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:12th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">12th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:13th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:13th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">13th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:14th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:14th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">14th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:15th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">15th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:16th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">16th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:17th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">17th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:18th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">18th</a>→<a href="/wiki/Template:19th_Politburo_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Template:19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party">19th</a>→<a 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title="Chen Mingren">Chen Mingren</a> (awarded 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Qihan" title="Chen Qihan">Chen Qihan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chen_Shiju_(general)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Chen Shiju (general) (page does not exist)">Chen Shiju</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans-CN">陈士榘</span></span>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chen Xilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Zaidao" title="Chen Zaidao">Chen Zaidao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Hua" title="Deng Hua">Deng Hua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dong_Qiwu" title="Dong Qiwu">Dong Qiwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fu_Qiutao" title="Fu Qiutao">Fu Qiutao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fu_Zhong" title="Fu Zhong">Fu Zhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gan_Siqi" title="Gan Siqi">Gan Siqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guo_Tianmin" title="Guo Tianmin">Guo Tianmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Xianchu" title="Han Xianchu">Han Xianchu</a></li> <li><a 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title="Liu Zhen (PRC)">Liu Zhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BC_Zhengcao" title="Lü Zhengcao">Lü Zhengcao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peng_Shaohui" title="Peng Shaohui">Peng Shaohui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_Renqiong" title="Song Renqiong">Song Renqiong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_Shilun" title="Song Shilun">Song Shilun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su_Zhenhua" title="Su Zhenhua">Su Zhenhua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_Liang" title="Tang Liang">Tang Liang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tao_Zhiyue" title="Tao Zhiyue">Tao Zhiyue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulanhu" title="Ulanhu">Ulanhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Hongkun" title="Wang Hongkun">Wang Hongkun</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans-CN">王宏坤</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Jian%27an" title="Wang Jian&#39;an">Wang Jian'an</a> (awarded 1956)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wang_Ping_(general)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wang Ping (general) (page does 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title="Duan Siying">Duan Siying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/He_Yunfeng" title="He Yunfeng">He Yunfeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu_Dadong" title="Lu Dadong">Lu Dadong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qian_Min" title="Qian Min">Qian Min</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ding_Changhe&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ding Changhe (page does not exist)">Ding Changhe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yu_Hanqing&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Yu Hanqing (page does not exist)">Yu Hanqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiao_Yang_(governor)" title="Xiao Yang (governor)">Xiao Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sun_Tongchuan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sun Tongchuan (page does not exist)">Sun Tongchuan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liu_Zhizhong&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Liu Zhizhong (page does not exist)">Liu Zhizhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pu_Haiqing" title="Pu Haiqing">Pu Haiqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bao_Xuding" title="Bao Xuding">Bao Xuding</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Hongju" title="Wang Hongju">Wang Hongju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Qifan" title="Huang Qifan">Huang Qifan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Guoqing" title="Zhang Guoqing">Zhang Guoqing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_Liangzhi" title="Tang Liangzhi">Tang Liangzhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_Henghua" title="Hu Henghua">Hu Henghua</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Political_Consultative_Conference" title="Chinese People&#39;s Political Consultative Conference">Conference</a><br />Chairpersons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Wenbin_(Chongqing_politician)" title="Zhang Wenbin (Chongqing politician)">Zhang Wenbin</a></li> <li><a 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