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Feb 23—29, 1980: The 5th Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee is held
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Updated: 2011-02-23 09:29
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Feb 23—29, 1980: The Fifth Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee is held in Beijing
The major issue was to strengthen and improve the Party's leadership. The session discussed and adopted "a number of criteria on inner-party political life"; discussed the amended draft of the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China" and adopted "the resolution on holding the 12th National Congress". The session decided to re-establish the Secretariat of the Central Committee, and elected Hu Yaobang as General Secretary of the Central Committee. The session approved the requests of Wang Dongxing, Ji Dengkui, Wu De, Chen Xilian's to resign. The session also adopted the "Resolution for the rehabilitation of Comrade Liu Shaoqi", restoring the reputation of Liu Shaoqi as a great Marxist and proletarian revolutionary, and one of the principal leaders of the party and the country.
CPC Heroes
Zhu De
Zhu De, born in Yilong County of Sichuan Province in 1886 and passed away in 1976, is a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman and military strategist.
Chen Yi
A native of Le Zhi, in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and awarded by the People's Republic of China the military rank of marshal; Served as the country's Vice Premier (1954-1972) and Foreign Minister (1958-1972)