# 6th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The 6th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, formally the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 6th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected by the 1st plenary session of the 6th Central Committee in 1928, in the aftermath of the 6th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was preceded by the 5th Politburo Standing Committee and succeeded by the 7th Secretariat in 1945.

## Composition
### 1st plenary session (1928–1930)

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 1st plenary session of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | 5th PSC | 3rd PLE | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Xiang Zhongfa | 向忠发 | New | Renewed | 1879 | 1921 | 1931 | Shanghai |
| 2 | Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | Old | Renewed | 1898 | 1921 | 1976 | Jiangsu |
| 3 | Su Zhaozheng | 苏兆征 | Old | Died | 1885 | 1925 | 1929 | Guangdong |
| 4 | Xiang Ying | 项英 | New | Not | 1895 | 1922 | 1941 | Anhui |
| 5 | Cai Hesen | 蔡和森 | Comeback | War | 1895 | 1921 | 1931 | Shanghai |
| 6 | Li Lisan | 李立三 | Comeback | Not | 1899 | 1921 | 1967 | Hunan |

### 3rd plenary session (1930–1931)

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 3rd plenary session of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | 1st PLE | 4th PLE | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Xiang Zhongfa | 向忠发 | Old | Renewed | 1879 | 1921 | 1931 | Shanghai |
| 2 | Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | Old | Renewed | 1898 | 1921 | 1976 | Jiangsu |
| 3 | Qu Qiubai | 瞿秋白 | Comeback | Not | 1899 | 1921 | 1935 | Fujian |

### 4th plenary session (January–June 1931)

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 4th plenary session of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | 3rd PLE | 5th PLE | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Xiang Zhongfa | 向忠发 | Old | War | 1879 | 1921 | 1931 | Shanghai |
| 2 | Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | Old | Renewed | 1898 | 1921 | 1976 | Jiangsu |
| 3 | Zhang Guotao | 张国焘 | Comeback | Not | 1897 | 1921 | 1979 | Sichuan |
| 4 | Wang Ming | 王明 | New | Not | 1904 | 1924 | 1974 | Anhui |

### 5th plenary session (1934–1935)

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 5th plenary session of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | 4th PLE | 6th PLE | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Bo Gu | 博古 | New | Renewed | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Jiangsu |
| 2 | Zhang Wentian | 张闻天 | New | Renewed | 1907 | 1925 | 1946 | Shanghai |
| 3 | Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | Old | Renewed | 1900 | 1925 | 1976 | Jiangsu |
| 4 | Xiang Ying | 项英 | Comeback | Not | 1895 | 1922 | 1941 | Anhui |

### Zunyi Conference (1935–1937)

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Zunyi Conference of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | 5th PLE | POL | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Zhang Wentian | 张闻天 | Old | Renewed | 1907 | 1925 | 1946 | Shanghai |
| 2 | Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | New | Renewed | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan |
| 3 | Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | Old | Not | 1900 | 1925 | 1976 | Jiangsu |
| 4 | Bo Gu | 博古 | Old | Not | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Jiangsu |
| 5 | Wang Jiaxiang | 王稼祥 | New | Not | 1906 | 1928 | 1974 | Anhui |

### Politburo meeting (1937–1938)

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the December 1937 Politburo meeting of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | ZUN | 6th PLE | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | Old | Renewed | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan |
| 2 | Wang Ming | 王明 | Comeback | Renewed | 1904 | 1924 | 1974 | Anhui |
| 3 | Zhang Wentian | 张闻天 | Old | Renewed | 1907 | 1925 | 1946 | Shanghai |
| 4 | Chen Yun | 陈云 | New | Renewed | 1905 | 1924 | 1995 | Shanghai |
| 5 | Kang Sheng | 康生 | New | Renewed | 1898 | 1925 | 1975 | Shandong |

### 6th plenary session (1938–1943)

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the 6th plenary session of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | POL | POL | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | Old | Renewed | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan |
| 2 | Zhang Wentian | 张闻天 | Old | Not | 1907 | 1925 | 1946 | Shanghai |
| 3 | Chen Yun | 陈云 | Old | Not | 1905 | 1924 | 1995 | Shanghai |
| 4 | Kang Sheng | 康生 | Old | Not | 1898 | 1925 | 1975 | Shandong |
| 5 | Wang Ming | 王明 | Old | Not | 1904 | 1924 | 1974 | Anhui |
| 6 | Ren Bishi | 任弼时 | New | Renewed | 1904 | 1922 | 1950 | Hunan |

### Politburo meeting (1943–1944)

Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the March 1943 Politburo meeting of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | 6th PLE | 7th PLE | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | Old | Renewed | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan |
| 2 | Liu Shaoqi | 刘少奇 | New | Renewed | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Henan |
| 3 | Ren Bishi | 任弼时 | Old | Renewed | 1904 | 1922 | 1950 | Hunan |

### 7th plenary session (1944–1945)

Members of the Presidium of the 7th plenary session of the 6th Central Committee :
| Rank | Officeholder | Hanzi | POL | 7th SEC | Birth | PM | Death | Birthplace |
| 1 | Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | Old | Reelected | 1893 | 1921 | 1976 | Hunan |
| 2 | Zhu De | 朱德 | New | Reelected | 1886 | 1925 | 1976 | Sichuan |
| 3 | Liu Shaoqi | 刘少奇 | Old | Reelected | 1898 | 1921 | 1969 | Henan |
| 4 | Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | Comeback | Reelected | 1898 | 1921 | 1976 | Jiangsu |
| 5 | Ren Bishi | 任弼时 | Old | Reelected | 1904 | 1922 | 1950 | Hunan |