Three National Conferences of Representatives Held in the History of the Party

The National Congress of the Communist Party of China is a major event for the whole Party and is known to almost everyone. Although there is only one word difference between the National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, not many people know about it. The Constitution of the Communist Party of China stipulates that the Party's central and local committees at all levels shall convene representative meetings when necessary to discuss and decide on major issues that need to be resolved in a timely manner. The "necessary" and "timely" National Congress is an important organizational system of our party and a useful supplement to the party's National Congress.

1937 Conference of Soviet Representatives. The peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident led to a new situation of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist party. In order to meet the coming new situation of the national anti-Japanese war and determine the party's principles and tasks under the new situation, the Communist Party of China decided to hold a meeting of representatives of the Soviet area in Yan'an. More than 200 people attended the meeting, representing more than 40000 party members across the country at that time, including not only representatives of the Soviet area, but also representatives of the White area and the Red Army. Judging from the scope of the participants, this party's Soviet area representative meeting can be called a veritable party national representative meeting.

On the afternoon of May 2, 1937, the meeting was officially opened in the Yan'an Central Auditorium. first, zhang wentian delivered an opening speech. Then, the delegates elected and passed the presidium of the conference composed of 19 people including Mao Zedong. This meeting mainly resolved two issues. One is to discuss the report on the current political situation and the party's tasks; the other is to discuss the report on the organization of the party in the Soviet area. On behalf of the Party Central Committee, Mao Zedong made a report on the current political situation and the party's tasks, deeply analyzed the political situation at that time, put forward the task of carrying out democratic reform and striving for democracy and freedom, and emphasized the leadership of the party in the Anti Japanese national united front. The meeting held that under the new political situation, there is no doubt that the party's working methods and organizational forms should be changed with the change of environment, and the key to this change is the correct line, principles and policies determined by the party's representative meeting. On May 14, 1937, the conference was successfully concluded.

The Chinese Communist Party's Soviet Area Representative Conference was the only party representative conference held during the New Democratic Revolution. This meeting approved the correct line of the Party Central Committee since the Zunyi Conference, determined the policies and tasks under the new situation, and made important contributions to the formation of an anti-Japanese national united front, strengthening the construction of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, and strengthening party building. The coming Anti-Japanese War of the whole nation made important political and organizational preparations.

National Congress of Representatives, 1955. The first National Conference of the Party held after the founding of New China was held in Beijing from March 21 to 31, 1955. The conference was attended by both members of the Central Committee and elected by party organizations at all levels across the country. representative. The main task of this meeting is to discuss the outline of the first five-year plan for the development of the national economy; in order to strengthen the supervision of party members, especially senior party cadres, it was decided to establish party supervisory committees at the central and local levels.

Mao Zedong presided over the meeting and delivered an opening speech. At the meeting, Chen Yun made a report on the first five-year Plan for the Development of the National economy. The participants held in-depth discussions and unanimously agreed with the report made by Chen Yun and others, believing that the draft of the first five-year plan is a great and practical plan. On March 31, the plenary meeting unanimously passed three important resolutions, including the resolution on the draft of the first five-year plan for the development of the national economy, and the resolution on the establishment of the party's central and local supervisory committees. Members and alternate members of the Central Supervisory Committee were elected. Member, Dong Biwu is the secretary. Finally, Mao Zedong made a conclusion and called on the whole party to fight for the successful convening of the party's Eighth National Congress and the completion of the first five-year plan.

With regard to the historical status of the Party's National Congress, Mao Zedong spoke highly of it in his conclusion: "this meeting was held very well, and it was another rectification meeting since the Yan'an rectification movement, which carried forward democracy and carried out criticism and self-criticism." it makes us know more about each other, our thinking is more unified, and we have a common understanding."

1985 National Congress. Since the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the party has led the people of all ethnic groups in China to make great achievements in socialist modernization. In order to continuously promote economic and social development and continuously improve the party's leadership system, in accordance with the decision of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 12th Central Committee of the Party, the Communist Party of China held a National Congress in Beijing from September 18 to 23, 1985. The topics of this meeting are: deliberation and adoption of the "Proposals of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Seventh Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development"; and the election of members of the Central Committee.

the meeting examined and adopted the "proposal of the cpc central committee on formulating the seventh five-year plan for national economic and social development." This proposal is a summary of my country's socialist construction, especially the construction experience since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee. It is the concretization of the decision of the Third Plenary Session of the Twelfth Central Committee on economic system reform and reflects the requirements of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is fully in line with China's reality. In order to maintain the vitality of the party's leading institutions and ensure the continuity of the party's line, principles and policies, it has become an important issue related to the overall situation to further realize the replacement of new and old members of the central leading institutions. To this end, the meeting also specifically discussed the partial adjustment of the three central committees, and spoke highly of the noble style of the veteran comrades who requested to withdraw from the three central committees. Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yun made important speeches at the meeting, and Li Xiannian delivered a closing speech.

As a national congress of the party held after the reform and opening up, this meeting determined the guiding ideology, development strategy, guidelines, policies and implementation steps of the "Seventh Five-Year Plan", which will ensure the revitalization and prosperity of my country's economy and the smooth realization of the end of the last century. The grand goal has an important historical role. At the same time, through this meeting, the members of the central leading body were partially adjusted, which greatly accelerated the process of replacing the old and the new members of the central leading body, which has far-reaching strategic significance for strengthening the party's leadership and party building.

The three national representative conferences in the history of our party were held in an emergency, born in time, and took advantage of the trend. They all solved major historical problems at important historical nodes. Today, the newly revised Constitution of the Communist Party of China further clarifies the functions and powers of the Party's National Congress: to discuss and decide on major issues, and to adjust and co-elect some members of the Central Committee and the Central Commission for discipline Inspection. As a result, the Party's National Congress has been inherited and retained as a conventional organizational system and an important central organization, and has gradually improved the convening method of the meeting, the number of representatives, the method of generation, and the functions and powers.

　Source: Learning Times