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The
5th National Congress of
The Communist Party of China (CPC)
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Date: April 27-May 9, 1927
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Venue:
Wuhan (Hubei
Province)
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Number of delegates: 80
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Party Membership: 57,967
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Major Contents: The congress
was held at the critical moment of the Chinese revolution after
Chiang Kai-shek staged a counter-revolutionary coup in Shanghai
on April 12 of the same year, disarming the workers and having
them and Communists rounded up and murdered. It accepted the
resolution on the Chinese revolution adopted at the Seventh
Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Communist International
Executive Committee. In accordance with the spirit of this
resolution, the congress criticized Chen Duxiu for his Right
deviationist mistakes as manifested in his neglect in the
struggle with the bourgeoisie for leadership over the
revolution. But it did not put forward any practical measures
for correcting the mistakes so that Chen continued his Right
deviationist mistakes after the meeting. The congress set the
major tasks for the time being as to launch agrarian revolution
and establish the rural revolutionary democratic power, but
failed to put forward specific programs to meet the peasants'
demand for land. As a result, the congress actually did not
finish the task of rescuing the revolution at the crucial
moment. It elected the Central Committee composed of 29 members
and 10 alternate members.
The Central Committee elected Chen Duxiu, Zhang Guotao, Li
Weihan, Cai Hesen, Li Lisan, Qu Qiubai and Tan Pingshan to form
the Political Bureau. Chen Duxiu was elected general secretary.
(Source: People's Daily Online)
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Members of Standing Committee
of Political Bureau
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