Chen Yun, Deng Xiaoping, Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, Li Xiannian, and Wang Dongxing (from left) at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
On December 18, 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China opened in Beijing (ends on the 22nd) . The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was a far-reaching historical turning point in the history of our party since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The plenary session ended the situation in which the party's work had been hesitating since October 1976 and began to comprehensively and conscientiously correct the left errors made during the "Cultural Revolution" and before. The plenary session resolutely criticized the erroneous policy of "two whatevers" (that is, "we firmly support all decisions made by Chairman Mao, and we will unswervingly follow all instructions given by Chairman Mao"), and spoke highly of the issue of the standard of truth. discussion, and highlighted Mao Zedong's great role in our country's long-term revolutionary struggle. The guiding principles of emancipating the mind, using brains, seeking truth from facts, and uniting as one to look forward have been determined. The Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee re-established the Marxist political line. The plenary session decisively stopped using the slogan "taking class struggle as the key link" and made a strategic decision to shift the focus of work to socialist modernization; it also put forward the requirement to pay attention to solving the serious imbalance of major proportions of the national economy. The Third Plenary Session also re-established the Marxist organizational line.
The plenary session discussed some major events that occurred during the "Cultural Revolution", reviewed and resolved a number of major unjust, false and wrong cases in the party's history and the merits and demerits of some important leaders. Decided to cancel the erroneous documents issued by the Central Committee on the "Counter Right-leaning Movement to Overturn the Case" and the Tiananmen Incident; reviewed and corrected the erroneous conclusions made in the past about Peng Dehuai, Tao Zhu, Bo Yibo, Yang Shangkun, etc., and vindicated the "Sixty-One Traitor Group" ” and a series of questions. The plenary session co-opted Chen Yun as Vice Chairman of the Central Committee; Deng Yingchao, Hu Yaobang and Wang Zhen were elected as members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. The plenary session elected the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection with Chen Yun as first secretary, Deng Yingchao as second secretary, Hu Yaobang as third secretary, Huang Kecheng as standing secretary, and Wang Heshou as deputy secretary. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Party has taken the initiative to correct chaos, step by step solved many historical problems since the founding of the People's Republic of China and new problems that have emerged in real life, carried out arduous construction and reform work, and made the country economically and A good situation has emerged politically.
(people's website information)
" People's Daily " published the communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee
Deng Yingchao
