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Chen Duxiu 陈独秀 The New Culture revolutionary who founded the CCP and led it for six years Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1879–1942
Zhu De 朱德 Founder of the Chinese Red Army and the PLA, first among the Ten Marshals Military command · People’s Republic of China 1886–1976
Li Dazhao 李大钊 The Peking University librarian who first embraced Marxism in China and nurtured the generation of Mao Zedong Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1889–1927
Liu Bocheng 刘伯承 The “one-eyed dragon”, Red Army chief of staff and Deng Xiaoping’s partner who commanded at Huaihai Military command · People’s Republic of China 1892–1986
Mao Zedong 毛泽东 He rewrote the grammar of revolution for a peasant country Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1893–1976
Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄 Sun Yat-sen’s widow who stayed with the Kuomintang left and became a vice-chair of the People’s Republic Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of China 1893–1981
He Long 贺龙 The Hunanese who rose “with two kitchen knives”, commander of the Nanchang Uprising and the Second Front Army Military command · People’s Republic of China 1896–1969
Zhang Guotao 张国焘 Chair of the founding congress who split with Mao on the Long March and defected to the Nationalists Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1897–1979
Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 CCP chief theoretician and PRC Chairman (1959–68), designated successor to Mao who was purged as China's foremost 'capitalist roader' Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China 1898–1969
Zhou Enlai 周恩来 The PRC's first premier and an architect of its foreign policy Government and administration · People’s Republic of China 1898–1976
Qu Qiubai 瞿秋白 Marxist literary critic who first sang The Internationale in Chinese, and party leader in 1927 Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1899–1935
Li Lisan 李立三 Labour organiser whose 1930 urban-insurrection “Li Lisan line” led the party and cost him his position Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1899–1967
Zhang Wentian 张闻天 A “28 Bolsheviks” returnee who became general secretary after Zunyi and sided with Peng Dehuai at Lushan in 1959 Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1900–1976
Ren Bishi 任弼时 The organiser among Yan’an’s five secretaries, dead a year after the People’s Republic was founded Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1904–1950
Wang Ming 王明 Leader of the "28 Bolsheviks" and Mao Zedong's foremost political rival Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1904–1974
Ding Ling 丁玲 From Miss Sophia’s Diary to The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, a writer who lived through Yan’an and the anti-rightist purge Literature and arts · Communist Party of China 1904–1986
Wang Shiwei 王实味 The writer whose “Wild Lilies” criticised privilege at Yan’an and made him the rectification movement’s first victim Literature and arts · Communist Party of China 1906–1947
Bo Gu 博古 The CCP's young General Secretary who represented the Comintern line and later built the Party's press apparatus Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China 1907–1946