Kang Sheng was elected as a member of the Central Committee at the Party's Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Congresses. He was elected as an alternate member of the Political Bureau at the First Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee, a member and standing committee member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee at the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee, and a vice chairman of the Central Committee at the First Plenary Session of the Tenth CPC Central Committee. Mainly to gain the trust of Chairman Mao.