On October 6, 1976, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee with Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, Li Xiannian and others as the core implemented the will of the Party and the people and took decisive measures to crush Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Jiang Qing, and Yao Wenyuan's counter-revolutionary group and its gang backbones in one fell swoop. The "Resolution on Several Historical Issues of the Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China" passed by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China said: "In October 1976, the victory of the Jiangqing counter-revolutionary group was smashed, and the Party was saved from danger, the revolution was saved, and our country entered a new period of historical development."
On October 24, 1976, one million soldiers and civilians in Beijing, the capital of our country, were excited and full of passion, and held a grand and grand celebration meeting in the solemn and majestic Tiananmen Square, warmly celebrating Comrade Hua Guofeng's appointment as Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and warmly celebrating the great victory of the anti-party group in crushing Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Jiang Qing and Yao Wenyuan's plot to usurp the party and seize power.
"People's Pictorial" Issue 12, 1976
Cover Chairman Hua Guofeng and other leaders of the Party and the state climbed the Tiananmen Gate Tower to attend the celebration meeting
