Towards a New China: The Five Secretaries of the CCP 5th National Congress

Author: Feng Hui et al.
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: On April 23, 1945, to June 11, when the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japan was about to achieve its final victory, the 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Yan'an. This conference, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, was a complete success and became an unprecedentedly united and victorious conference in the development of the Communist Party of China. In the new Party Constitution adopted at the conference, it was explicitly stipulated that Mao Zedong Thought should serve as the guiding principle for all work of the Communist Party of China. At this conference, a new Central Committee led by Mao Zedong was elected. What is even more noteworthy is that at the first plenary session of the 7th Central Committee held on June 19, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, and Ren Bishi were elected as secretaries of the Central Secretariat. Mao Zedong was elected as the Chairman of the Central Committee, the Chairman of the Central Political Bureau, and the Chairman of the Central Secretariat. The leading collective with Mao Zedong at its core was formed within the Communist Party of China. From then on, until the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the "Five Secretaries" of the Central Committee became the highest leadership layer of the Communist Party of China. Later practice proved that the Central Committee leadership collective with Mao Zedong at its core, formed at the CCP "7th National Congress," was a politically mature and closely united leadership collective. On this collective, the future and hope of China rested.