The 15th Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...
was in session from 1997 to 2002. The
14th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the
16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. This was the first Central Committee that current Chinese
Paramount Leader Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...
was elected to, as an alternative member.
It elected the
15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party The 15th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on September 19, 1997. It was preceded by the 14th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. It served until 2002.
Standing C ...
in 1997. Plenary sessions were held by the
politburo.
Members
:''In
stroke order of surnames:''
Brief chronology
#''1st Plenary Session''
#*Date: September 19, 1997
#*Location:
Beijing
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#*Significance:
Jiang Zemin
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was re-appointed
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader ...
and
Chairman of the Central Military Commission Chairman of the Central Military Commission may refer to:
*Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)
*Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea
See also
*Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the ...
. A 24-members
Politburo, a 7-members
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 a 7-members
Secretariat
Secretariat may refer to:
* Secretariat (administrative office)
* Secretariat (horse)
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were elected.
#''2nd Plenary Session''
#*Date: February 25–26, 1998
#*Location: Beijing
#*Significance: The meeting approved lists of nominees for top posts of the
9th National People's Congress
The 9th National People's Congress () was in session from 1998 to 2003. It held five plenary sessions in this period. It followed the final session of the 8th National People's Congress. There were 2,979 deputies to this Congress.
Election result ...
and the
9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a proposal for reforming the
State Council State Council may refer to:
Government
* State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President
* State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative auth ...
.
#''3rd Plenary Session''
#*Date: October 12–14, 1998
#*Location: Beijing
#*Significance: The meeting reviewed the previous 20 years of economic reform and set the goal to establish new rural towns according to
socialism with Chinese characteristics by 2010.
#''4th Plenary Session''
#*Date: September 19–22, 1999
#*Location: Beijing
#*Significance: The reform of the State-owned enterprises was launched aiming at establishing a ''"modern enterprise system"''.
Hu Jintao was appointed vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission.
#''5th Plenary Session''
#*Date: October 9–11, 2000
#*Location: Beijing
#*Significance: Premier
Zhu Rongji
Zhu Rongji (; IPA: ; born 23 October 1928) is a retired Chinese politician who served as Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003 and CCP Politburo Standing Committee member from 1992 to 2002 along with the Chinese Communist ...
delivered a report on the guidelines for 10th Five-Year Plan, proclaiming modernization, opening up and technological progress as its basic goals. The meeting also decided upon China's accession to the
World Trade Organization
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in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and ...
and urged the Party to apply Jiang Zemin's
Three Represents
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, exposed by the Party General Secretary in February of the same year.
#''6th Plenary Session''
#*Date: September 24–26, 2001
#*Location: Beijing
#*Significance: The meeting celebrated the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the CCP, with General Secretary Jiang Zeming speaking about it, and adopted a ''Decision of the CCP Central Committee to Strengthen and Improve the Party's Work Style'' based on the Three Represents, allowing capitalists to join the Party.
#''7th Plenary Session''
#*Date: November 3–5, 2002
#*Location: Beijing
#*Significance: Preparations for the Party's 16th National Congress were made. The meeting proclaimed Deng Xiaoping Theory and the Three Represents as the guideline for China ''"in the new century and new stage of reform and opening up and socialist modernization"''.
External links
15th Central Committee of the CCP People's Daily Online.
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1997 establishments in China
2002 disestablishments in China