Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China

The Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (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; pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Fù Zhǔxí) was the highest rank under the Party Chairman within the Communist Party of China (CPC) 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.

All the vice-chairmen were members of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee.

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