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

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Members

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Members of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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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

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Alternates of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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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]

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8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (1956–1969)

Before 11th Plenum
(Aug 1966)

Standing Committee (PSC)	Mao Zedong (Chairman) Liu Shaoqi (Vice-Chairman) Zhou Enlai (Vice-Chairman) Zhu De (Vice-Chairman) Chen Yun (Vice-Chairman) Lin Biao (added May 1958, Vice-Chairman) Deng Xiaoping (General Secretary)
Other members in surname stroke order	Lin Boqu (died May 1960) Lin Biao (to PSC May 1958) Dong Biwu Peng Zhen Luo Ronghuan (died Dec 1963) Chen Yi Li Fuchun Peng Dehuai Liu Bocheng He Long Li Xiannian Ke Qingshi (added May 1958, died Apr 1965) Li Jingquan (added May 1958) Tan Zhenlin (added May 1958)
Alternate members	Ulanhu Zhang Wentian Lu Dingyi Chen Boda Kang Sheng Bo Yibo

After 11th Plenum

Standing Committee	Mao Zedong (Chairman) Lin Biao (Vice-Chairman) Zhou Enlai Tao Zhu (purged Jan 1967) Chen Boda Deng Xiaoping (purged Jan 1967) Kang Sheng Liu Shaoqi (purged Jan 1967) Zhu De Li Fuchun Chen Yun
Other members in surname stroke order	Dong Biwu Chen Yi Liu Bocheng He Long (purged Sep 1967) Li Xiannian Li Jingquan (purged Jan 1967) Tan Zhenlin (purged Aug 1967) Xu Xiangqian Nie Rongzhen Ye Jianying
Alternate members	Ulanhu (purged Aug 1966) Bo Yibo (purged Jan 1967) Li Xuefeng Song Renqiong (purged Aug 1967) Xie Fuzhi

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