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8th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

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Through China and Great Leap Forward

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.

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