The 10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1973 to 1977. It was preceded by the

9th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 9th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1969 to 1973. It was preceded by the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It was the second central committee in session during the Chinese Cultural Revol ...

. It held three

plenary session A plenary session or plenum is a session of a conference which all members of all parties are to attend. Such a session may include a broad range of content, from keynotes to panel discussions, and is not necessarily related to a specific st ...

s in the 4-year period. It was formally succeeded by the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It elected the 10th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1973. *Chairman:

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

*Vice Chairmen:

Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai (; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman and military officer who served as the first premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Ma ...

Wang Hongwen Wang Hongwen (December 1935 – 3 August 1992) was a Chinese labour activist and politician who spent most of his career in Shanghai. He was an important political figure during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). He was the youngest member ...

Kang Sheng Kang Sheng (; 4 November 1898 – 16 December 1975) was a Chinese Communist politician best known for having overseen the CCP's internal security and intelligence apparatus during the early 1940s and again at the height of the Cultural Revolu ...

Ye Jianying Ye Jianying (; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthre ...

Li Desheng Li Desheng (; 4 May 1916 – 8 May 2011) was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He was born in Xin County, Henan, China, an area now known as the "Cradle of Generals" for the large number of senior military officers born in the ...

().

Members

*Mao Zedong :''The following is in stroke order of surnames:''

Chronology

#''1st Plenary Session'' #*Date: August 30, 1973 #*Location:

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#*Significance:

was appointed Chairman of the CCP Central Committee, with

and

as vice-chairmen. 25-member Politburo, 9-member

Politburo Standing Committee The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), officially the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is a committee consisting of the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Histori ...

and other central organs were elected. #''2nd Plenary Session'' #*Date: January 8–10, 1975 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance: The only point in agenda was the preparation of the

4th National People's Congress The 4th National People's Congress () was in session from 1975 to 1978. It held only one session, in January 1975. There were 2864 deputies to this Congress. The Congress passed the 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. Elected st ...

, which was to open on January 13. The 1975 Constitution of the People's Republic of China as well as reports and lists of nominees for top State posts to be submitted to the Congress were approved.

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CCP ...

was elected vice-chairman and Standing Committee member, replacing Li Desheng who resigned and disappeared from the public. #''3rd Plenary Session'' #*Date: July 16–21, 1977 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance:

Hua Guofeng Hua Guofeng (; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008), alternatively spelled as Hua Kuo-feng, was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of the People's Republic of China. The desig ...

was ratified as Chairman of the CCP Central Committee with the formal approval of the October 6, 1976 Politburo resolution. The Gang of Four was furtherly denounced and its members expelled from the Party. Deng Xiaoping was restored to all his posts after the Politburo had removed him from the core leadership in April 1976. The decision to convene the Party's 11th National Congress ahead of schedule was taken.

External links

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People's Daily Online. {{Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 1973 establishments in China 1977 disestablishments in China