Members

Mao and Lin were the party chairman and vice-chairman. The remainder are listed in stroke order of surnames

Surname stroke order

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Chronology

1. 1st Plenary Session
   • Date: April 28, 1969
   • Location: Beijing
     Beijing
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   • Significance: Mao Zedong
     Mao Zedong
     Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
     
      and Lin Biao
     Lin Biao
     Lin Biao was a major Chinese Communist military leader who was pivotal in the communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, especially in Northeastern China...
     
      were respectively appointed Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the CPC Central Committee. 25-member Politburo, 5-member Politburo Standing Committee
     Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China
     The Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China is a committee consisting of the top leadership of the Communist Party of China, whose membership varies between 5 and 9 people. The inner workings of the PSC are not well known, although it is believed that decisions of the PSC are...
     
      and other central organs were elected. Mao Zedong made a speech emphasizing the need to unite after the early turbulent years of the Cultural Revolution
     Cultural Revolution
     The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...
     
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2. 2nd Plenary Session
   • Date: August 23–September 6, 1970
   • Location: Lushan
     Lushan
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   • Significance: The necessity to establish new Party committees after they were disbanded at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution was pointed out. It was decided to convene the 4th National People's Congress
     4th National People's Congress
     The 4th National People's Congress was in session from 1975 to 1978. It held only one plenary sessions in January 1975. There were 2864 deputies to this Congress.The Congress passed the 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China....
     
      "at an appropriate time". A "1970 Plan for National Economy" by the State Council
     State Council of the People's Republic of China
     The State Council of the People's Republic of China , which is largely synonymous with the Central People's Government after 1954, is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the Premier and includes the heads of each governmental department and agency...
     
      and a report to intensify "preparedness against war" by the Central Military Commission were adopted. Chen Boda
     Chen Boda
     Chen Boda was born in 1904 in Hui'an and died on 20 September 1989 in Beijing.He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party, a secretary to Mao Zedong and a prominent member of the leadership during the Cultural Revolution, chairing the Cultural Revolution Group.-Early life:Chen Boda was born...
     
      proposed to appoint a State President
     President of the People's Republic of China
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     , but Mao Zedong opposed. According to the official CPC historiography, Lin Biao attempted a later aborted "coup" during this meeting.

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