Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

The vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was the second-highest rank within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the chairman from 1956 to 1982. The position was phased out after 1982 in order to remove the "Chairman" position from any government posting, resigning it solely to the late Mao Zedong.

Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党中央委员会副主席
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party (1942–1996)
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Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Style	Vice Chairman (副主席) (informal) Comrade (同志) (formal)
Member of	Politburo Standing Committee
Reports to	Central Committee
Seat	Zhongnanhai, Beijing, China
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Central Committee
Term length	Five years, renewable
Constituting instrument	Party Constitution
Formation	26 September 1956 (1956-09-26)
Abolished	1 September 1982 (1982-09-01)

Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese	中国共产党中央委员会副主席
Traditional Chinese	中國共產黨中央委員會副主席
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Fùzhǔxí
Commonly abbreviated as
Chinese	中共中央副主席
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnggòng Zhōngyāng Fùzhǔxí

All vice chairmen were members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

List of Vice Chairmen

Term	Image	Name	Term		Chairman	Note
			Term start	Term end
8th Central Committee		Liu Shaoqi	28 September 1956	12 August 1966	Mao Zedong	In office until the Eleventh Plenary Session
		Zhou Enlai	28 September 1956	12 August 1966
		Zhu De	28 September 1956	12 August 1966
		Chen Yun	28 September 1956	12 August 1966
		Lin Biao	25 May 1958	28 April 1969		Elected at the Fifth Plenary Session
9th Central Committee			28 April 1969	13 September 1971 †		The only party vice-chairman
10th Central Committee		Hua Guofeng	6 April 1976	6 October 1976	Mao Zedong ↓ Hua Guofeng	First Vice-chairman
		Zhou Enlai	30 August 1973	8 January 1976 †		Died in office
		Wang Hongwen	30 August 1973	7 October 1976		Gang of Four, arrested in 1976, expelled in 1977
		Kang Sheng	30 August 1973	16 December 1975 †		Died in office
		Ye Jianying	30 August 1973	19 August 1977		From October 1976 to July 1977, was the only Party Vice-chairman
		Li Desheng	30 August 1973	10 January 1975		Resigned at the Second Plenary Session
		Deng Xiaoping	10 January 1975	19 August 1977		Elected at the Second Plenary Session. Removed from office due to Tiananmen Incident. Reinstated at the Third Plenum
11th Central Committee		Ye Jianying	19 August 1977	6 September 1982	Hua Guofeng ↓ Hu Yaobang
		Deng Xiaoping	19 August 1977	6 September 1982
		Li Xiannian	19 August 1977	6 September 1982
		Wang Dongxing	19 August 1977	29 February 1980		Resigned at the Fifth Plenary Session
		Chen Yun	22 December 1978	6 September 1982		Elected at the Third Plenary Session
		Zhao Ziyang	29 June 1981	6 September 1982		Elected at the Sixth Plenary Session
		Hua Guofeng	29 June 1981	6 September 1982		Elected at the Sixth Plenary Session