Brief chronology

1. 1st Plenary Session
   • Date: October 19, 1992
   • Location: Beijing
     Beijing
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   • Significance: Jiang Zemin
     Jiang Zemin
     Jiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005...
     
      was elected General Secretary
     General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
     The General Secretary of the Communist Party of China , officially General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the highest ranking official within the Communist Party of China, a standing member of the Politburo and head of the Secretariat...
     
      and Chairman of the Central Military Commission
     Chairman of the Central Military Commission
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     . A 22-members Politburo
     Politburo of the Communist Party of China
     The Central Politburo of the Communist Party of China or Political bureau of the CPC Central Committee , formerly as Central Bureau before 1927, is a group of 24 people who oversee the Communist Party of China...
     
     , a 7-members Politburo Standing Committee
     Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China
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      and a 5-members Secretariat were elected. Hu Jintao
     Hu Jintao
     Hu Jintao is the current Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China. He has held the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...
     
      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
     8th National People's Congress
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      and the 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferece
     Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
     The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [], shortened as 人民政协, Rénmín Zhèngxié, i.e. "People's PCC"; or just 政协, Zhèngxié, i.e. "The PCC"), abbreviated CPPCC, is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China...
     
     .
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
     Deng Xiaoping
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     's "Southern Trip" in 1992, when the still-powerful paramount leader
     Paramount leader
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      had criticized the slowness of economic reform after the 1989 Tian'anmen Square protests
     Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
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     .
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
     Chen Xitong
     Chen Xitong was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and the Mayor of Beijing until he was removed from office on charges of corruption in 1995.-Biography:...
     
     , 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
     National People's Congress
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      delegate and party secretary of Beijing
     Beijing
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     , and arrested. Defense Minister
     Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
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      Chi Haotian
     Chi Haotian
     General Chi Haotian is a general of the People's Republic of China.-Biography:Chi was born July, 1929 in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province, China. In October, 1946 he joined the CPC...
     
      was appointed CMC vice-chairman. Deng Xiaoping Theory
     Deng Xiaoping Theory
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      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
     Marxism-Leninism
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      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.

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