10 Facts About Li Xuefeng

Li Xuefeng occupied several prominent regional offices prior to the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.

Li Xuefeng took over the Beijing party organization as its First Secretary after the purge of Peng Zhen in May 1966, and was sent to take the reins of Hebei's Revolutionary Committee between 1968 and 1971.

Li Xuefeng was politically rehabilitated in 1982, and went on to serve in several advisory positions in the party.

Li Xuefeng joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1933 and served in several roles, like propaganda chief or organization chief in the Party committees of Shanxi, Beijing, Hebei and Henan.

Li Xuefeng was a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1954 to 1963.

Li Xuefeng was elected a full member of the CCP Central Committee at the Eight National Congress held in 1956.

Li Xuefeng's perceived low support for the Red Guards and Mao's criticism towards the "work teams", thought to be harmful to the Cultural Revolution and the source of the students' inner fighting, led to Li's rapid downfall.

Li Xuefeng resurfaced in February 1968, when he was appointed chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Hebei Province; in April 1968, he was confirmed as an alternate member of the Politburo at the Ninth Congress of the CCP.

Li Xuefeng was never expelled from the Party, and, despite his ambivalent attitude during the Cultural Revolution, he was rehabilitated in 1982.

Li Xuefeng was a member of the Central Advisory Committee.