14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

The 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was in session from 1992 to 1997. It held seven plenary sessions.

It elected the 14th Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 1992.

Members

In stroke order of surnames:

Brief chronology

1. 1st Plenary Session
   • Date: October 19, 1992
   • Location: Beijing
   • Significance: Jiang Zemin was elected General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. A 22-members Politburo, a 7-members Politburo Standing Committee and a 5-members Secretariat were elected. Hu Jintao entered the Politburo Standing Committee for the first time as its youngest member.
2. 2nd Plenary Session
   • Date: March 5–7, 1993
   • Location: Beijing
   • Significance: The meeting approved some economic measures, a program for institutional reform, and lists of nominees for top posts of the 8th National People's Congress and the 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferece.
3. 3rd Plenary Session
   • Date: November 11–14, 1993
   • Location: Beijing
   • Significance: A Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Certain Issues in Establishing a Socialist Maket Economy System was adopted, fostering the establishment of private enterprises. This clearly echoed Deng Xiaoping's "Southern Trip" in 1992, when the still-powerful paramount leader had criticized the slowness of economic reform after the 1989 Tian'anmen Square protests.
4. 4th Plenary Session
   • Date: September 25–28, 1994
   • Location: Beijing
   • Significance: The meeting was focused on improving Party leadership in the period of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It was first asserted that collective leadership based on generational succession was to be enhanced: Deng Xiaoping was proclaimed as the leader of the "second generation", and Jiang Zemin as the leader of the "third generation". This principle was later laid down in the Party Constitution.
5. 5th Plenary Session
   • Date: September 25–28, 1995
   • Location: Beijing
   • Significance: Guidelines for the 9th Five-Year Plan and other socio-economic programs were adopted. Chen Xitong, rival to Jiang Zemin as leader of the dubbed "Beijing clique", was accused of corruption, removed from his posts of Politburo member, Central Committee member, National People's Congress delegate and party secretary of Beijing, and arrested. Defense Minister Chi Haotian was appointed CMC vice-chairman. Deng Xiaoping Theory was first mentioned in the official communique.
6. 6th Plenary Session
   • Date: October 7–10, 1996
   • Location: Beijing
   • Significance: Meeting focused on "building socialist spiritual civilization". The concept of Deng Xiaoping Theory was further elaborated as the Party's basic guideline for the "primary stage of socialism", i.e. socialism with Chinese characteristics, and was raised to the same level as Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought.
7. 7th Plenary Session
   • Date: September 6–9, 1997
   • Location: Beijing
   • Significance: Preparations for the Party's 15th National Congress were made. This was also the first meeting held after Deng Xiaoping's death.

External links

• (Chinese) 14th Central Committee of the CPC, People's Daily Online.