| The 12th National Congress
The First Plenum of the 12th CPC Central Committee
The Second Plenum of the 12th CPC Central Committee
The Third Plenum of the 12th CPC Central Committee
The Fourth Plenum of the 12th CPC Central Committee
The Fifth Plenum of the 12th CPC Central Committee
The Sixth Plenum of the 12th CPC Central Committee
The Seventh Plenum of the 12th CPC Central Committee
Report to the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
The 12th National Congress
The 12th National Congress, September 1-11, 1982, Beijing. In attendance: 1,545 deputies and 145 alternate deputies, representing 39 million Party members.
Deng Xiaoping delivered the opening speech, which stressed that China's modernization drive must proceed from China's reality. China should integrate the universal truth of Marxism with its reality, and take its own road to socialism with special Chinese characteristics. Deng said in the speech that these were the conelusions arrived at after long experience.
On behalf of the 11th Party Central Committee, Hu Yaobang delivered a report at the congress entitled "Creating a New Situation in China's Socialist Modernization Construction in an All-Round Way." Hu's report laid down the general task of the Party in the new period: Unite with the people of the various nationalities and, by self-reliance and hard struggle, strive for gradual achievement of modernization of industry, agriculture, national defence and science and technology, to build China into a socialist country with a high level of culture and democracy.
The congress examined and adopted a new Party Constitution.
The congress elected its new Party Central Committee members and members of the Central Advisory Commission and the Central Commission for Inspecting Discipline. At the First Plenary Session of the 12th Party Central Committee, Hu Yaobang, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Zhao Ziyang, Li Xiannian and Chen Yun were elected members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee; Hu Yaobang was elected general secretary of the Party Central Committee; and Deng Xiaoping was made chairman of the Military Commission of the Central Committee. At the first plenary session of the Central Advisory Commission, Deng Xiaoping was elected its chairman. At the first plenary session of the Central Commission for Inspecting Discipline, Chen Yun was elected its first secretary.
(NO. 43 OCOBTER 26, 1987 title: "Review of Past CPC National Congresses")
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