Li Lisan (1899-1967), a native of Liling, Hunan Province, was one of the chief leaders of the workers' movement in China. In 1921 he joined the CPC. From the winter of 1928 to the autumn of 1930 he worked for the Central Committee in Shanghai, holding such important posts as member and Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and director of the Propaganda Department. From June to September 1930 he made "Left" adventurist errors. Later, he came to see his mistakes and corrected them. At the Party's Seventh and Eighth National Congresses (1945 and 1956) he was re-elected to the Central Committee.