# Longest-serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

This is a list of members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party who have served 11 years or more. One table ranks them according to continuous service, and another table ranks members according to total years as members. Zhou Enlai served the longest, but Mao Zedong had the continuously longest service of any member.

## Longest-serving members

Longest-serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee :
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Hanzi | Took office | Left office | Duration | Duration | Ref. |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Hanzi | Took office | Left office | Days | Years & days | Ref. |
| 1 | | Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | 21 May 1944 10 November 1927 4 July 1927 | 8 January 1976 9 December 1937 9 August 1927 | 15,272 | 41 years, 317 days | |
| 2 | | Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | 17 January 1935 | 9 September 1976 | 15,211 | 41 years, 236 days | |
| 3 | | Chen Yun | 陈云 | 18 August 1977 9 June 1950 9 December 1937 | 2 November 1987 28 April 1969 20 March 1943 | 12,553 | 34 years, 124 days | |
| 4 | | Zhu De | 朱德 | 30 August 1973 21 May 1944 | 6 July 1976 28 April 1969 | 10,149 | 27 years, 288 days | |
| 5 | | Liu Shaoqi | 刘少奇 | 20 March 1943 | 31 October 1968 | 9,357 | 25 years, 225 days | |
| 6 | | Deng Xiaoping | 邓小平 | 21 July 1976 10 January 1975 28 September 1956 | 2 November 1987 7 April 1976 31 October 1968 | 8,990 | 24 years, 209 days | |
| 7 | | Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | 19 October 1992 | 15 November 2012 | 7,332 | 20 years, 27 days | |
| 8 | | Xi Jinping | 习近平 | 22 October 2007 | Incumbent | 6,308 | 17 years, 98 days | |
| 9 | | Li Peng | 李鹏 | 2 November 1987 | 22 November 2012 | 5,499 | 15 years, 20 days | |
| 10 | | Li Keqiang | 李克强 | 22 October 2007 | 23 October 2022 | 5,480 | 15 years, 1 day | |
| 11 | | Kang Sheng | 康生 | 12 August 1966 9 December 1937 | 16 December 1975 20 March 1943 | 5,340 | 14 years, 227 days | |
| 12 | | Jiang Zemin | 江泽民 | 24 June 1989 | 22 November 2002 | 4,899 | 13 years, 151 days | |
| 12 | | Li Ruihuan | 李瑞环 | 24 June 1989 | 22 November 2002 | 4,899 | 13 years, 151 days | |
| 13 | | Lin Biao | 林彪 | 25 May 1958 | 13 September 1971 | 4,859 | 13 years, 108 days | |

## Longest continuously serving members

Longest continuously serving members of the Politburo Standing Committee :
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Hanzi | Took office | Left office | Duration | Duration | Ref. |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Hanzi | Took office | Left office | Days | Years & days | Ref. |
| 1 | | Mao Zedong | 毛泽东 | 17 January 1935 | 9 September 1976 | 15,211 | 41 years, 236 days | |
| 2 | | Zhou Enlai | 周恩来 | 21 May 1944 | 8 January 1976 | 11,554 | 31 years, 232 days | |
| 3 | | Liu Shaoqi | 刘少奇 | 20 March 1943 | 31 October 1968 | 9,357 | 25 years, 225 days | |
| 4 | | Zhu De | 朱德 | 21 May 1944 | 28 April 1969 | 9,108 | 24 years, 342 days | |
| 5 | | Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | 19 October 1992 | 15 November 2012 | 7,332 | 20 years, 27 days | |
| 6 | | Chen Yun | 陈云 | 9 June 1950 | 28 April 1969 | 6,898 | 18 years, 323 days | |
| 7 | | Xi Jinping | 习近平 | 22 October 2007 | Incumbent | 6,308 | 17 years, 98 days | |
| 8 | | Li Peng | 李鹏 | 2 November 1987 | 22 November 2012 | 5,499 | 15 years, 20 days | |
| 9 | | Li Keqiang | 李克强 | 22 October 2007 | 23 October 2022 | 5,480 | 15 years, 1 day | |
| 10 | | Jiang Zemin | 江泽民 | 24 June 1989 | 22 November 2002 | 4,899 | 13 years, 151 days | |
| 10 | | Li Ruihuan | 李瑞环 | 24 June 1989 | 22 November 2002 | 4,899 | 13 years, 151 days | |
| 11 | | Lin Biao | 林彪 | 25 May 1958 | 13 September 1971 | 4,859 | 13 years, 108 days | |
| 12 | | Deng Xiaoping | 邓小平 | 28 September 1956 | 31 October 1968 | 4,416 | 12 years, 33 days | |