This meeting is a very important meeting held at a critical moment when the whole Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and marching towards the second centenary goal.

Build a Dream of the New Era

—Welcome the Twenty National Congress—

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held in Beijing on October 16, 2022. This meeting is a very important meeting held at a critical moment when the whole Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and marching towards the second centenary goal.

What are the previous congresses of the Party? What is the content? What is the historical significance? Today, the editor will take you to learn about the overview of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China since its birth.

The First National Congress of the Communist Party of China

July 23, 1921

·Convening

July 23, 2021, The First National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened in Shanghai . The last day of the meeting was transferred to the cruise ship in Nanhu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang. A total of 13 representatives including Mao Zedong and Dong Biwu attended the conference, representing more than 50 party members across the country. Communist International representatives Marin and Nikkorsky attended the conference.

·Conference

The conference determined that the party’s name was “Communist Party of China” and passed the first program and resolution of the Communist Party of China. The First National Congress of the Party announced the formal establishment of the Communist Party of China. As the most advanced class in China, the political party of the working class, the Communist Party of China not only represents the interests of the working class, but also represents the interests of the entire Chinese people and the Chinese nation. From the very beginning, we have adhered to the guidance of action, and have always regarded seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation as our original aspiration and mission.

The founding of the Communist Party of China is a major event that has created the world in the history of the development of the Chinese nation and has great and far-reaching significance. The founding of the Communist Party of China fully demonstrates the pioneering spirit of pioneering the world and daring to be the first, the spirit of firm ideals and perseverance in struggle, and the spirit of dedication to establish the Party for the public and loyal to the people. This is the source, foundation and foundation of the Chinese revolutionary spirit.

The Second Congress of the Communist Party of China

July 16-23, 1922

·Convening

July 16-23, 2922, the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai . There were 12 representatives attending the conference, representing 195 party members across the country.

·Conference

The conference proposed the first clear anti-imperialist and anti-feudal democratic revolution program, distinguishing between the highest program and the lowest program.

Congress passed the first Party Constitution and passed the resolution to decide that the Communist Party of China will join the Communist International.

Congress elected the Central Executive Committee, and the Central Executive Committee elected Chen Duxiu as Chairman.

The Three Majors of the Communist Party of China

June 12-20, 1923

·Convening

June 12-20, 20, 2923, the Third National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Guangzhou . More than 30 representatives attended the conference, representing 420 party members across the country.

·Conference

Conference decided that Communist Party members would join the Kuomintang as individuals to realize cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party . The Congress stipulates that when Communist Party members join the Kuomintang, the Party must maintain its independence in politics, ideology and organization. The Congress elects the Central Executive Committee, and the Central Executive Committee elects the Central Bureau. After the conference, the pace of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has greatly accelerated.

The Four Majors of the Communist Party of China

January 11-22, 1925

·Convening

1-22, 11925, the Fourth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai . There were 20 representatives attending the conference, representing 994 party members across the country.

·Conference

The conference put forward the leadership of the proletariat in the democratic revolution and the Workers and Peasants Alliance , and made more complete provisions on the content of the democratic revolution. This is a major progress in the Communist Party of China's understanding of the issues of the Chinese revolution based on the summary of practical experience since its founding, especially in the past year of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

Congress decided to strengthen the party organization construction nationwide, and stipulated that branches should be used as the basic party organization.

Five National Congress of the Communist Party of China

927-May 9

·Convening

1927-May 9, 2027, the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Wuhan . There were 82 representatives attending the conference, representing 57,967 party members across the country.

·Conference

The Congress elected the Central Committee and the Central Supervision Commission, the first central discipline inspection and supervision agency in the history of the Party, the Central Supervision Commission. According to the requirements of the conference, after the meeting, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee passed a resolution to amend the Party Constitution and formally put forward the organizational principle of implementing democratic centralism within the Party.

The Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China

928-July 18, 11,

·Convening

1 June 18-July 11, 1928, The Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in The suburbs of Moscow, the Soviet Union. There were 142 representatives attending the conference, including 84 formal representatives with the right to vote.

·Conference

Congress pointed out that China is still a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country, and the nature of the current stage of the Chinese revolution is the bourgeois democratic revolution; the current political situation in China is between the two revolutionary climaxes; the general line of the Party is to win over the masses.

Congress elects a new Central Committee and elects a Central Review Committee.

The Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China

April 23-June 11, 1945

·Convening

1 April 23-June 11, 1945, the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Yan'an . There were 547 formal representatives attending the conference, 208 alternate representatives, representing 1.21 million party members across the country.

·Conference

Mao Zedong delivered the opening speech, submitted the political report of " on the United Government " to the conference and made an oral report. The Congress proposed the Party’s political line and summarized the fine style formed by the Party in its long-term struggle into three major styles. The Seventh National Congress was an extremely important national congress held by the Party during the New Democratic Revolution in , and was recorded in the history of the Party with "Unity Conference, Victory Conference".

Congress elects a new Central Committee. The conference established Mao Zedong Thought as the guiding ideology of the whole party and included it in the Party Constitution.

Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China

September 15-27, 1956

·Convening

1 September 15-27, 2056, the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 1,026 formal representatives of the conference, 107 alternate representatives, representing 10.73 million party members across the country.

·Conference

Mao Zedong delivered the opening speech, Liu Shaoqi delivered the political report, Zhou Enlai made the proposal on the second five-year plan for developing the national economy, and Deng Xiaoping made the report on the amendment of the Party Constitution. The conference pointed out that the socialist transformation has achieved a decisive victory and the socialist system of has been basically established. The main contradiction in domestic is already the contradiction between the people's demand for the establishment of advanced industrial countries and the reality of backward agricultural countries, and the contradiction between the people's need for rapid economic and cultural development and the current situation where the economy and culture cannot meet the needs of the people. The current main task of the Party and the people is to concentrate their efforts to resolve this contradiction and transform our country from a backward agricultural country to an advanced industrial country as soon as possible.

Congress focused on strengthening the construction of the ruling party and passed the newly revised " Constitution of the Communist Party of China ".

th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

April 1-24, 1969

·Convening

1 April 1-24, 2069, the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 1,512 delegates attending the conference, and at that time there were about 22 million party members nationwide.

·Conference

Conference affirmed the "theory of continuing revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat" and legitimized the erroneous theories and practices of the "Cultural Revolution".

The nine major guidelines are wrong in terms of thought, politics and organization.

The Tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China

August 24-28, 1973

·Convening

1973 August 24-28, 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 1,249 delegates attending the conference, and there were 28 million party members nationwide at that time.

·Conference

Top 10 continue to affirm the political and organizational routes of the Nine Leagues.

The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

August 12-18, 1977

·Convening

8 August 12-18, 1977, the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 1,510 delegates attending the conference, representing more than 35 million party members across the country.

·Conference

The conference declared that the "Cultural Revolution" had ended, and reiterated that China was built into a socialist modern power in the 20th century, but failed to fundamentally correct the mistakes of the "Cultural Revolution".

The 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

September 1-11, 1982

·Convening

982 September 1-11, 1982, the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 1,600 formal representatives of the conference, 149 alternate representatives, representing more than 39 million party members across the country.

·Conference

Deng Xiaoping proposed in his opening speech to combine the universal truth of Marxism with the specific reality of our country, take his own path, and build socialism with Chinese characteristics. The report "Comprehensively Creating a New Situation in Socialist Modernization Construction" passed by the conference proposed to achieve the goal of quadruple the annual total output value of industrial and agricultural by the end of the 20th century.

Congress passed the new "Constitution of the Communist Party of China". The conference decided to establish a Central Advisory Committee.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

987-November 1

·Convening

10-November 1

0-November 1

0-November 1 87, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. The conference had 1,936 formal representatives, 61 special representatives, representing more than 46 million party members across the country.

·Conference

Report passed by the Congress " Advance along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics ", elaborating on the theory of the primary stage of socialism, proposing the party's basic line in the primary stage of socialism, and formulating a development strategy to achieve modernization by the middle of the 21st century.

Congress passed the "Amendment to Some Provisions of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China".

The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

October 12-18, 1992

·Convening

1992 October 12-18, 1992, the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 1,989 formal representatives of the conference, 46 special representatives, representing more than 51 million party members across the country.

·Conference

Report passed by the Congress "Accelerate the pace of reform and opening up and modernization construction, and win greater victory in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics", summarizing the practical experience of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it decided to seize the opportunity and accelerate development; determining the goal of my country's economic system reform is to establish a socialist market economic system; and proposes to arm the whole party with the theory of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Congress passed the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Amendment)", writing Comrade Deng Xiaoping's theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics and the party's basic line in the primary stage of socialism into the Party Constitution.

The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

September 12-18, 1997

·Convening

997 September 12-18, 1997, the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. The conference had 2,048 formal representatives, 60 special representatives, representing more than 58 million party members across the country.

·Conference Content

The report passed by the Congress "Hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and comprehensively promote the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics to the 21st century", focusing on elaborating on the historical status and guiding significance of Deng Xiaoping Theory; put forward the party's basic program in the primary stage of socialism; clarifying that public ownership is the main body and the common development of multiple ownership economies is a basic economic system in the primary stage of socialism in my country; emphasizing the rule of law and building a socialist country ruled by law; clarifying the grand goal of cross-century development of my country's reform, opening up and modernization.

Congress passed the "Amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China", establishing Deng Xiaoping Theory together with Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought as the guiding ideology of the Party and entering it into the Party Constitution.

The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

November 8-14, 2002

·Convening

November 8-14, 2002, the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 2,114 formal representatives of the conference, 40 specially invited representatives, representing more than 66 million party members across the country.

·Conference Content

The report passed by the conference "Comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society and create a new situation in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics", put forward the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and elaborates on the fundamental requirements for the comprehensive implementation of the important thought of "Three Represents".

Congress passed the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Amendment)", establishing the important thought of "Three Represents" together with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, and Deng Xiaoping Theory as the guiding ideology of the Party and entering it into the Party Constitution.

The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

October 15-21, 2007

·Convening

October 15-21, 2007, the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 2,213 official representatives of the conference, 57 specially invited representatives, representing more than 73 million party members across the country.

·Conference Content

The report passed by the conference "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive to win new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects", comprehensively elaborating the scientific connotation, spiritual essence and fundamental requirements of the Scientific Outlook on Development, and clarifying that the first priority of the Scientific Outlook on Development is development, the core is people-oriented, and the basic requirement is comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable , and the fundamental method is to coordinate and balance.

Congress passed the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Amendment)" and wrote the Scientific Outlook on Development into the Party Constitution.

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

November 8-14, 2012

·Convening

November 8-14, 2012, the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 2,268 formal representatives of the conference, 57 special representatives, representing more than 82 million party members across the country.

·Conference Content

The report passed by the conference "Unswervingly advancing along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and striving for the comprehensive building of a moderately prosperous society", determined the goals of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and comprehensively deepening reform and opening up, and clarified the scientific connotation and mutual connection of the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and its mutual connection.

Congress passed the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Amendment)", establishing the Scientific Outlook on Development together with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the important thought of "Three Represents" as the guiding ideology of the Party and entering it into the Party Constitution.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

October 18-24, 2017

·Convening

October 18-24, 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. There were 2,280 formal representatives of the conference, 74 specially invited representatives, representing more than 89 million party members across the country.

·Conference Content

The report passed by the conference "Decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and winning the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era", made major political statements such as socialism with Chinese characteristics entering a new era and the main contradictions in our society have been transformed into The people's growing needs for a better life and the unbalanced and inadequate development, established the historical status of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, put forward the basic strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and determined the goal of winning the decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and embarking on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country.

Congress passed the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Amendment)", establishing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guiding ideology of the Party, together with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents" and the Scientific Outlook on Development, and is included in the Party Constitution.

(Source: Zhejiang Minzong)