Political Bureau

…CCP—the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau (Politburo), the Political Bureau itself, and the Secretariat—has varied a great deal, and from 1966 until the late 1970s the Secretariat did not function at all. There is in any case a partial overlap of membership among these organs and between these top…

The politburo of China is also similar, but it contains a Standing Committee of about 7 members who exercise great power within the party and the politburo itself.

…in 1985, he joined the Political Bureau in 1987.