, ▁D eng ▁began ▁the ▁political ▁re h abil itation ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁formerly ▁l abeled ▁" right ists " ▁and ▁counter - re volution aries , ▁a ▁campaign ▁led ▁by ▁Hu ▁Ya ob ang ▁that ▁p ardon ed ▁the ▁wrong ly ▁accused , ▁rest oring ▁the ▁reputation ▁of ▁many ▁party ▁el ders ▁and ▁intellect uals ▁who ▁were ▁p urg ed ▁during ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Revolution ▁and ▁other ▁campaign s ▁going ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Anti - Right ist ▁Mov ement ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁Prom inent ▁polit ically ▁dis g rac ed ▁people ▁including ▁P eng ▁De hu ai , ▁Z hang ▁W ent ian , ▁He ▁Long ▁and ▁T ao ▁Z hu ▁were ▁given ▁bel ated ▁rank - app ropri ate ▁fun er als ▁at ▁the ▁B aba os han ▁Revolution ary ▁C emetery . ▁Li u ▁Sh ao qi ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁large ▁state ▁fun eral ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁when ▁the ▁country ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁m ourn ▁the ▁former ▁president ▁eleven ▁years ▁after ▁his ▁death . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁C CP ▁also ▁established ▁rules ▁for ▁an ▁order ly ▁succession ▁of ▁state ▁and ▁government ▁leaders . ▁D eng ▁X ia op ing ▁proposed ▁mand atory ▁ret irement ▁ages ▁despite ▁some ▁protest s ▁from ▁party ▁el ders ▁and ▁also ▁gu idel ines ▁were ▁put ▁in ▁place ▁that ▁C CP ▁members ▁who ▁lost ▁their ▁posts ▁or ▁were ▁removed ▁from ▁office ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁ja iled ▁or ▁subject ed ▁to ▁physical ▁harm