8th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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 Mao Zedong delivering a speech at the first session in 1956 | |
| Date | 15–27 September 1956 (12 days, first session) 5–23 May 1958 (18 days, second session) |
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| Location | Auditorium of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Beijing, China |
| Participants | 1,026 delegates |
| Outcome | The election of the 8th Central Committee |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Bā-dà |
The 8th National Congress of the 9th National Congress. 1,026 delegates and 86 alternate delegates represented the party's 10.73 million members.
The Great Hall of the People was not yet constructed, so it was held in the National Political Consultative Conference Hall.
Legislation
The Great Leap Forward was promulgated and unilaterally put in effect.
Representatives
- Delegates: 1,026
- Alternate delegates: 86
- Represented party members: 10,730,000
Significance
The 8th National Congress was the first Congress to be held in 11 years, and the first Congress since the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
Mao Zedong Thought was taken out of the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party and the cult of personality was denounced; Party technocrats Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping assume higher profiles. The 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
was elected.
See also
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National meetings of the Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
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| Notable Politburo & Central Committee plenums |
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