Liu Shaoqi was alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. During the Long March, he was the representative of the CPC Central Committee to the Red Army's 3^rd Army Group and 8^th Army Group, director of the Political Department of the 3^rd Army Group and director of the Political Department of the Red Army Academy and director of the Civilian Work Department of the Political Department of the Red Army Shannxi-Gansu Detachment.