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15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

The flag of the Chinese Communist Party
Date	12–18 September 1997 (6 days)
Location	Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China
Participants	2,048 delegates
Outcome	Election of the15th Central Committee and15th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

The15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held inBeijing between September 12 and 18, 1997. It was preceded by the14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and was followed by the16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. 2,048 delegates and 60 specially invited delegates represented the party's estimated 59 million members.

The congress elected a 344-member15th CCP Central Committee, as well as a 115-memberCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). This change in membership made the new average age of the CCP 55 and percentage of members holding university or college level education 92.4%.Jiang Zemin was reappointedCCP General Secretary andChairman of the Central Military Commission.

Jiang Zemin called for establishing a socialist rule of law.^[1]: 110 The Congress set goals on "forming a socialist system of laws with Chinese characteristics".^[2]

Regardingstate-owned enterprises (SOEs) of China, Jiang advocated that large SOEs should be further strengthened by merging them into larger groups.^[3]: 34 This concept became known asgrasping the large, letting go of the small.^[3]: 34

The constitution was changed to makeDeng Xiaoping Theory a guiding ideology of the Chinese Communist Party alongsideMarxism–Leninism andMao Zedong Thought. It was revealed in a presentation by Jiang Zemin that an "All-Round Advancement would be adopted toward the Cause of BuildingSocialism with Chinese Characteristics well into the 21st Century."^[4][5]

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