The 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from September 1982 to November 1987 It held se

The 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from September 1982 to November 1987. It held seven plenary sessions. It was succeeded by the 13th Central Committee. It elected the 12th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1982.

List of members

The following is in stroke order of surnames:

Yu Mingtao
Wan Da
Wan Li
Wan Haifeng
Ma Wenrui
Xi Zhongxun
Wang Fang
Wang Zhen
Wang Bingqian
Wang Hanbin
Wang Zhaoguo
Wang Renzhong
Wang Chenghan
Wang Enmao
Wang Chonglun
Wang Chaowen
Wei Guoqing
You Taizhong
Mao Zhiyong
Ulanhu
Fang Yi
Basang
Deng Liqun
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Yingchao
Deng Jiaxian
Buhe
Ye Fei
Ye Jianying
Tian Jiyun
Bai Dongcai
Ismail Amat (司马义·艾买提)
Lü Peijian
Zhu Guangya
Zhu Muzhi
Qiao Shi
Qiao Xiaoguang
Wu Jinghua
Ren Zhongyi
Hua Guofeng
Xiang Shouzhi
Liu Zhen
Liu Zhengwei
Liu Huaqing
Liu Zhijian
Liu Fuzhi
Liu Zhenhua
Jiang Zemin
Chi Biqing
An Pingsheng
Xu Jiatun
Sun Daguang
Yin Fatang
Yan Dongsheng (严东生）
Su Gang
Su Yiran
Li Rui
Li Peng
Li Li'an
Li Ziqi
Li Ligong
Li Xiannian
Li Qiming
Li Menghua
Li Senmao
Li Ruihuan
Li Ximing
Li Xifu
Li Desheng
Li Yaowen
Yang Yong
Yang Di
Yang Chengwu
Yang Rudai
Yang Yichen
Yang Shangkun
Yang Dezhi
Yang Jingren
Yang Dezhong
Xiao Hua
Xiao Han
Wu Xueqian
He Kang
He Dongchang
Yu Qiuli
Gu Mu
Song Ping
Song Renqiong
Zhang Shou
Zhang Zhen
Zhang Tingfa
Zhang Jingfu
Zhang Aiping
Zhang Shuguang
Chen Yun
Chen Lei
Chen Pixian
Chen Weida
Chen Xitong
Chen Guodong
Chen Muhua
Chen Puru
Lin Ruo
Lin Hujia
Lin Liyun
Luo Qingchang
Zhou Hui
Zhou Zijian
Zhou Jiannan
Zheng Tuobin
Zhao Shouyi
Zhao Cangbi
Zhao Nanqi
Zhao Haifeng
Zhao Ziyang
Hao Jianxiu
Hu Hong
Hu Sheng
Hu Lijiao
Hu Qiaomu
Hu Qili
Hu Yaobang
Liu Lin
Hong Xuezhi
Yao Guang
Yao Yilin
He Jingzhi
Qin Chuan
Qin Zhongda
Qin Jiwei
Yuan Baohua
Nie Rongzhen
Mo Wenxiang
Raidi
Gu Xiulian
Qian Zhengying
Qian Yongchang
Tie Ying
Tömür Dawamat
Ni Zhifu
Xu Xiangqian
(高扬文)
(郭力文)
(唐克)
Huang Hua (黄华)
Huang Zhizhen (黄知真)
Huang Xinting (黄新廷)
Cui Naifu (崔乃夫)
(崔月犁)
Kang Shi'en (康世恩)
Kang Keqing (康克清)
Zhang Ze (章泽)
(梁必业)
Liang Lingguang (梁灵光)
(梁步庭)
Peng Chong (彭冲)
Peng Zhen
Jiang Nanxiang (蒋南翔)
Han Xianchu
Han Peixin (韩培信)
Tan Yingji (覃应机)
Fu Kuiqing (傅奎清)
(焦林义)
Lu Dadong (鲁大东)
Xie Xide (谢希德)
Xie Zhenhua (谢振华)
(强晓初)
Xie Feng (解峰)
Liao Hansheng (廖汉生)
Liao Chengzhi (廖承志)
Saifuddin Azizi (赛福鼎·艾则孜)
(谭友林)
Tan Qilong (谭启龙)
(谭善和)
(薛驹)
Mu Qing (穆青)
Dai Suli (戴苏理)

Chronology

1st Plenary Session
- Date: September 12–13, 1982
- Location: Beijing
- Significance: Hu Yaobang was elected General Secretary, with Zhao Ziyang as his No. 2 (though he was listed fourth among top leaders). 28-member Politburo, 6-member Politburo Standing Committee and 5-member Secretariat were elected. The Central Advisory Commission was established. Deng Xiaoping was elected chairman of both the Central Military Commission and the Central Advisory Commission. In his closing speech, he talked about the retirement of elder leaders.
2nd Plenary Session
- Date: October 11–12, 1983
- Location: Beijing
- Significance: A Decision of the CCP Central Committee on the Rectification of Party Organizations was adopted in order to purge the Party from consequences of the Cultural Revolution. Around this time, the Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign was launched under Chen Yun's care. This was one of the few post-Mao meetings focused on ideological issues.
3rd Plenary Session
- Date: October 20, 1984
- Location: Beijing
- Significance: A Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Economic Reform was adopted, fostering the new economic line pursued by Deng Xiaoping's leadership. A CCP National Conference on it was convened.
4th Plenary Session
- Date: September 16, 1985
- Location: Beijing
- Significance: Recommendations for the 7th Five-Year Plan were adopted to be submitted to the Party's National Conference on September 20, and then to the National People's Congress with the goal of adapting national economy to the reform. Party veterans Ye Jianying and Huang Kecheng retired.
5th Plenary Session
- Date: September 24, 1985
- Location: Beijing
- Significance: Meeting held after the September 20 National Conference. The leadership bodies of the Central Committee, the Central Advisory Commission and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection were renewed. Li Peng entered the Politburo and the Secretariat.
6th Plenary Session
- Date: September 28, 1986
- Location: Beijing
- Significance: A Resolution of the CCP Central Committee on the Building of the Socialist Spiritual Culture. The decision to convene the Party's 13th National Congress was taken.
7th Plenary Session
- Date: September 28, 1987
- Location: Beijing
- Significance: Preparations for the Party's 13th National Congress were made. A plan for administration reform was adopted. Hu Yaobang's resignation was confirmed and Zhao Ziyang was elected General Secretary.

External links

(in Chinese) 12th Central Committee of the CCP, People's Daily Online.