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

## List of Vice Chairmen

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