The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) is the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Zhang Chunqiao, vice premier of The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and the State Council, is the director of The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and the General Political Department of the CPC, and members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Jiang Qing and Yao. Four people formed a political group and engaged in sectarian activities in an attempt to usurp the party and seize power. During the Cultural Revolution, they colluded with each other and acted perversely.

The Gang of Four refers to the Gang of Four composed of Zhang Chunqiao, Jiang Qing and Yao during the Cultural Revolution.

The name "Gang of Four" was first put forward by Mao Zedong when he criticized Jiang Qing and others for taking advantage of "criticizing forests and holes" to point the finger at Zhou Enlai.

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1965, with the support of, directed by Jiang Qing and Zhang Chunqiao, Yao's comments on the newly-edited historical drama "Hai Rui dismissed from office" became the fuse for launching the "Cultural Revolution". In the early days of the Cultural Revolution, Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao and Yao were the main members of the Central Cultural Revolution Group, and they played a vital role in launching the Cultural Revolution and overthrowing the so-called "Liu Shaoqi Deng Xiaoping Bourgeois Command".

197 1 year, after Wang Hongwen, who started as a rebel, fled and died in Lin Biao, he was promoted to the central government from Shanghai, and soon formed an alliance with Jiang Qing and others. At the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1973, Wang Hongwen was elected as the second vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (second only to Zhou Enlai), and the influence of the Gang of Four was unprecedented. 1974 65438+ 10. In October, Jiang Qing and others launched the "Movement of approving forests and holes", aiming at Zhou Enlai.

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