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10th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

Date	24–28 August 1973 (4 days)
Location	Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China
Participants	1,249 delegates
Outcome	The election of the10th Central Committee

The10th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in theGreat Hall of the People,Beijing, between August 24 and 28, 1973. 1,249 delegates represented the party's estimated 28 million members. It was preceded by the9th National Congress and was succeeded by the11th National Congress.^[1]

The Congress was a significant moment, held following the fall ofLin Biao and the amidst continuation of theCultural Revolution. It elected the10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

On 20 August 1973, prior to the start of the congress, thePolitburo of the Chinese Communist Party adopted a resolution to suspend the party memberships ofLin Biao,Ye Qun,Huang Yongsheng,Wu Faxian,Li Zuopeng andQiu Huizuo indefinitely.

The congress was opened on 24 August, withMao Zedong presiding over its opening session,Zhou Enlai delivering the political report andWang Hongwen reporting regarding the revision of the Constitution. Mao and Zhou suggested the political rehabilitation of 13 old guard members such asTan Zhenlin andLi Jingquan.^{[citation needed]}

The 10th Congress affirmed the revisedConstitution of the Chinese Communist Party that was also adopted by the 9th national congress. It stipulated some adjustments in the structure but the provisions of the section is not much changed, such as the guiding ideology and the basic principles of the party. In the edited bill, only discussions and doctrines proposed or related to Lin Biao were removed.^[2]

The 10th congress elected 195 Central Committee members and 124 alternate members, with theGang of Four taking key roles within the central committee and the rehabilitation of politicians persecuted during theCultural Revolution, which includedLi Zuopeng,Deng Xiaoping,Wang Jiaxiang and others.^[3]

The fall ofLin Biao and his cohorts in 1971 left many vacant posts in the party and the government. Of the 21-manPolitburo only 10 were left and of its five-manStanding Committee, only three –Mao Zedong,Zhou Enlai andKang Sheng – were still present.^[4] Therefore, the 10th congress convened to elect new members to those made vacant and to condemn the actions of Lin Biao as a right opportunist who "waved the red flag to defeat the red flag".^[4]

During the congress, the Gang of Four managed to secure positions with the support from Mao.Jiang Qing andYao Wenyuan were elected to the Poliburo,Zhang Chunqiao to the Standing Committee andWang Hongwen as the party's second vice-chairman.^[4]

Wang Hongwen in his debut keynote address during the congress announced the smashing of the "two bourgeois headquarters, the one headed byLiu Shaoqi and the other by Lin Biao".^[5] Wang stressed the revolutionary spirit ofdaring to go against the tide and the importance of training young leaders. With the future of the country in the hands of the young, struggle andcontinuоus revolution would punctuate Chinese political life.^[4]

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