14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Members

Brief chronology

1. 1st Plenary Session
2. Date: October 19, 1992
3. Location: Beijing
4. 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.
5. 2nd Plenary Session
6. Date: March 5–7, 1993
7. Location: Beijing
8. 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 Conference.
9. 3rd Plenary Session
10. Date: November 11–14, 1993
11. Location: Beijing
12. Significance: A Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Certain Issues in Establishing a Socialist Market 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.
13. 4th Plenary Session
14. Date: September 25–28, 1994
15. Location: Beijing
16. 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.
17. 5th Plenary Session
18. Date: September 25–28, 1995
19. Location: Beijing
20. 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.
21. 6th Plenary Session
22. Date: October 7–10, 1996
23. Location: Beijing
24. 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.
25. 7th Plenary Session
26. Date: September 6–9, 1997
27. Location: Beijing
28. Significance: Preparations for the Party's 15th National Congress were made. This was also the first meeting held after Deng Xiaoping's death.