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Chinese Communist Party Information
The
12th National Congress of
the Communist Party of China (CPC)
The12th National Congress of
the Communist Party of China (CPC)
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Date: September 1-11, 1982
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Venue:
Beijing
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Number of delegates: 1,600 full delegates and 149
alternate delegates
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Party membership: 39.65 million
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Major contents: The congress was aimed at, by summing
up the historical victory since the 11th Party Congress and
eliminating the negative effects of the chaos of the
"cultural revolution", defining a correct road, strategy,
principles and policies for creating a new situation of
socialist modernization construction. Deng Xiaoping made an
opening speech. Hu Yaobang made a report on behalf of the
11th Central Committee. Ye Jianying and Chen Yun both
delivered important speeches concerning the cooperation
between the senior and young officials and the replacement
of senior by young officials. Li Xiannian addressed the
closing session. In his opening address, Deng Xiaoping put
forward the idea of building socialism with Chinese
characteristics. The congress outlined the general task of
the Party in the new historical period as follows:
To unite the people of all ethnic groups in working hard and
self-reliantly to achieve, step by step, the modernization
of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and
technology and to make China a culturally and ideologically
advanced and highly democratic socialist country. It also
set the economic goal for the period from 1981 to the end of
this century, that is, under the prerequisite of constantly
improving economic efficiency, to quadruple the annual
industrial and agricultural output value of the country,
i.e. from 710 billion yuan in 1980 to about 2,800 billion
yuan in the year of 2000, so that people can enjoy a better
standard of living. The congress also adopted the new Party
Constitution.
The congress elected a new Central Committee composed of 210
members and 138 alternate members, a Central Advisory
Commission composed of 172 members and a Central Commission
for Discipline Inspection composed of 132 members. At the
First Plenary Session of the 12th CPC Central Committee, Hu
Yaobang, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Zhao Ziyang, Li
Xiannian and Chen Yun were elected Standing Committee
members of the Political Bureau, and Hu Yaobang general
secretary of the Central Committee. Deng Xiaoping was
appointed chairman of the Central Military Commission as
well as chairman of the CPC Central Advisory Commission.
Chen Yun was appointed first secretary of the Central
Commission for Discipline Inspection.
(Source: People's Daily Online)
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Members of Standing Committee of Political Bureau
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