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Chinese Communist Party Information
The 13th National Congress of
The Communist Party of China (CPC)
The 13th National Congress
of
The Communist Party of China
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Date: October 25-November 1, 1987
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Venue:
Beijing
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Number of Delegates: 1,936 full delegates and 61 specially
invited delegates
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Party Membership: 46 million
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Major Contents: The congress systematically expounded the
theory about the primary stage of socialism and the basic line
of the Party in this stage. It pointed out that a correct
understanding of the present historic stage of Chinese society
was of primary importance for building socialism with Chinese
characteristics, that it was the essential basis on which to
formulate and implement correct lines and policies. The congress
set forth a "three-step" economic development strategy: First,
to double the 1980 GNP to solve food and clothing shortages;
second, to quadruple the 1980 GNP by the end of the century to
achieve a relatively good standard of life for the people; and
third, to basically complete the nation's modernization, raise
the per capita GNP to that of intermediate-level developed
countries and improve people's standard of living. The central
task outlined at the meeting was to accelerate and deepen
reforms. Economic restructuring was urged to focus on changing
the operational mechanism of enterprises. Various supportive
reforms in terms of planning, investment, materials and goods,
finance, banking and foreign trade should be carried out in
stages in order to gradually establish a framework for a new
system of commodity economy in a planned way.
At the congress, 175 members and 110 alternate members were
elected to form the 13th Central Committee. The newly elected
Central Advisory Commission comprised 200 members and the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection consisted of 69
members. The First Plenary Session of the 13th CPC Central
Committee elected Zhao Ziyang, Li Peng, Qiao Shi, Hu Qili and
Yao Yilin to form the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau. It elected Zhao Ziyang general secretary of the Central
Committee, Deng Xiaoping chairman of the Central Military
Commission. The session also approved Chen Yun as chairman of
the CPC Central Advisory Commission and Qiao Shi as 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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