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Chinese Communist Party Information
The
15th National Congress of
the Communist Party of China (CPC)
The 15th National Congress
of
The Communist Party of China
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Date: September 12-18, 1997
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Venue:
Beijing
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Number of Delegates: 2,048 full delegates and 60 specially
invited delegates
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Party Membership: 58 million
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Major Contents: This congress which was held in the crucial
period of China's reform and opening up and the drive for
modernization served as a link between the past and the future.
It was to mobilize the people of the country to join hands to
push forward the undertaking of building socialism with Chinese
characteristics into the 21st century. It will become a
milestone in Chinese history of development. At the congress,
Jiang Zemin, on behalf of the 14th CPC Central Committee,
delivered a report titled Hold High The Great Banner of Deng
Xiaoping Theory for an All-Round Advancement of the Cause of
Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics into the 21st
Century. The report, which made a scientific summary of the
history, prepared for the future, and drew up a cross-century
blueprint for China's reform, opening and socialist
modernization drive, served as the CPC's political declaration
and program of action for the next century. The congress
endorsed a resolution on Jiang's report and approved the
reforming and development programs in economic, political and
cultural fields expounded in the report. The resolution pointed
out that the coming period until the first decade of the next
century will be crucial for China's modernization drive, and
efforts must be made relating to the following aspects: to
promote the fundamental shift of the economic system and of the
mode of economic growth; to establish a sound socialist market
economy and to maintain sustained, rapid and sound development
of the national economy so as to lay a solid foundation for
achieving basic modernization by the middle of the next century;
under the precondition of adhering to the Four Cardinal
Principles, to continue to press ahead with the reform of the
political structure, further extend the scope of socialist
democracy and improve the socialist legal system, governing the
country according to the law and making it a socialist country
ruled by the law; to strengthen ideological and ethic building,
see to it that science and technology as well as education are
made a priority, and positively develop various cultural
undertakings.
The congress also deliberated and adopted the amendments to the
Constitution of the CPC, believing that establishing Deng
Xiaoping Theory as the Party's guiding ideology and stipulating
in its Constitution that the CPC takes Marxism-Leninism, Mao
Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory as its guides for action
is of great and far-reaching significance to guarantee that the
CPC lead the Chinese people along the socialist road with
Chinese characteristics to build China into a powerful,
democratic and civilized modern socialist country.
At the congress, 193 members and 151 alternate members were
elected into the new Central Committee. A total of 115 members
were elected to form the new Central Commission for Discipline
Inspection. The new Central Committee was strengthened with more
middle-aged and young faces, the average age being 55.
The educational level of members rose notably, with 92.4 percent
of them receiving university and college education, up nine
percentage points than the previous committee. Of the new
Central Committee members, 38 are from ethnic minorities and 25
are female, a slight increase compared with their respective
figure among the pervious Central Committee members. The First
Plenum of the 15th CPC Central Committee elected Jiang Zemin, Li
Peng, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Hu Jintao, Wei Jianxing and Li
Lanqing members of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau. Jiang Zemin was re-elected general secretary of the CPC
and also chairman of the Central Military Commission. The
session also approved Wei Jianxing 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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