6th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Members

1. Gu Shunzhang
2. Xiang Zhongfa
3. Peng Pai
4. Su Zhaozheng
5. Guan Xiangying
6. Mao Zedong
7. Yang Yin
8. Zhou Enlai
9. Cai Hesen
10. Xiang Ying
11. Ren Bishi
12. Qu Qiubai
13. Li Lisan
14. Zhang Guotao

Chronology

1. 1st Plenary Session
2. Date: July 18, 1928
3. Location: Moscow, USSR
4. Significance: The meeting was held in Moscow, as the 6th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held there concurrently with the 6th Congress of the Comintern. Xiang Zhongfa was elected General Secretary under Li Lisan's influence; a 14-member Politburo and an 8-member Politburo Standing Committee were appointed as well. Qu Qiubai and Zhang Guotao were elected representatives to the Comintern. Mao Zedong was appointed chairman of the Front Committee, and Zhou Enlai head of the Central Organization Department.
5. 2nd Plenary Session
6. Date: June 25–30, 1929
7. Location: Shanghai
8. Significance: The meeting adopted several resolutions on international and internal issues, aligning with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
9. 3rd Plenary Session
10. Date: September 24–28, 1930
11. Location: Shanghai
12. Significance: Li Lisan's "left opportunist line" was repudiated. Mao Zedong was elected to the Politburo. A Central Soviet Bureau was established, replacing the Front Committee.
13. 4th Plenary Session
14. Date: January 7, 1931
15. Location: Shanghai
16. Significance: Wang Ming's line gained the majority, and seizing the cities was proclaimed as the major task of the guerrilla army, against Mao Zedong's idea that the Red Army had to take control the countryside in order to encircle the cities.
17. 5th Plenary Session
18. Date: January 15–18, 1934
19. Location: Ruijin
20. Significance: Wang Ming and the "28 Bolsheviks" continued to hold the leadership, opposing any national alliance against Japan (Wang Ming's line was later branded as "left adventurism"). A "Central Secretariat" was established with Bo Gu, Zhang Wentian, Zhou Enlai and Xiang Ying as secretaries.
21. 6th Plenary Session
22. Date: September 29–November 6, 1938
23. Location: Yan'an
24. Significance: First meeting held after Mao Zedong was proclaimed leader of the CPC at the Zunyi Conference in 1935, and after the Long March. Mao Zedong delivered a report on the Party's role in the Anti-Japanese War. Several organizational measures were taken.
25. 7th Plenary Session
26. Date: May 21, 1944 – April 20, 1945
27. Location: Yan'an
28. Significance: First meeting after 6 years. Although it officially lasted 11 months, it just held 8 meetings. The Secretariat and the Politburo were suspended and replaced by a Presidium of the 7th Plenary Session, with Mao Zedong as chairman and Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Ren Bishi and Zhou Enlai as members. Reports on the Chonqing negotiations and on party urban activity were delivered by Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong. A Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party praising Mao Zedong and repudiating Chen Duxiu, Li Lisan and Wang Ming was adopted. Preparations for the Party's 7th National Congress were made, after 17 years since the previous congress.