At the First Plenary Session of the 10th CPC Central Committee, Hua Guofeng was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, focusing on agricultural work.
In 1977, the Third Plenary Session of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China approved the ratification of Hua Guofeng as Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
The First Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee elected Hua Guofeng as Chairman of the Central Committee and the supreme leader of the Party and the country.