Since the end of the Cultural Revolution, the CCP has adhered to the implicit rule that members of the Politburo Standing Committee, sitting or retired, enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution. Some have, of course, been purged in power struggles, such as the one that led to the fall of Hua Guofeng, Mao’s immediate successor, in the early 1980s.
自文化大革命以来，中共一直遵循一条不成文的规矩，政治局常委，不管在任还是退休，都可以获得刑事豁免权。当然，其中一些在政治斗争中遭到清洗，如20世纪80年代早期毛泽东的指定继承人华国锋。但即使在政治斗争中败北，仍可以静悄悄地退休，并且不会面临证实腐败指控。