9th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
This covers the period from 1969 to 1973. In 1971, several members were removed due to the death of Mao's successor in a plane crash. In 1970, one of the Politburo Standing Committee members was removed as a scapegoat for the 1970 Lushan debate concerning the abolition of the position of State Chairman or President of China as he was developing closer ties with Mao's successor