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((Short description|Deng Xiaoping's consolidation of power))
((Use American English|date=January 2019))
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((Use mdy dates|date=January 2019))((Infobox Chinese|c=十一届三中全会|t=|s=|p=Shíyī Jiè Sān Zhōng Quánhuì|j=|mi=|ci=|altname=Full Name|t2=中國共產黨第十一屆中央委員會第三次全體會議|s2=中国共产党第十一届中央委员会第三次全体会议|p2=Zhōngguó gòngchǎndǎng dì shíyī jiè zhōngyāng wěiyuánhuì dì sān cì quántǐ huìyì))

The '''3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party''' was a pivotal meeting of the [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]] held in [[Beijing]], China, from December 18 to December 22, 1978.<ref>((Cite journal |last=Chuanliang |first=Shen |date=2012-06-01 |title=The History of Chinese Communist Party (1949–1978), by the Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/17535654.2012.670984 |journal=Journal of Modern Chinese History |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=111–113 |doi=10.1080/17535654.2012.670984 |issn=1753-5654|url-access=subscription ))</ref>

The conference marked the beginning of the "[[Chinese economic reform|Reform and Opening Up]]" policy, and is widely seen as the moment when [[Deng Xiaoping]] became [[paramount leader]] of [[China]] replacing Chairman [[Hua Guofeng]], who remained nominal [[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party]] until 1981. The meeting was a decisive turning point in [[History of the People's Republic of China|post-1949 Chinese history]], marking the beginning of the wholesale repudiation of Chairman Mao's "''Cultural Revolution''" policies, and set China on the course for nationwide economic reforms.

The meeting took place at the [[Jingxi Hotel]] in western Beijing.

==Background and preparation==
During the 1970s, reformist had encouraged gradual changes in various forms, such as technological improvements in factories and adjustments to [[History of education in China|China's education model]].<ref name=":Minami">((Cite book |last=Minami |first=Kazushi |title=People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War |date=2024 |publisher=[[Cornell University Press]] |isbn=9781501774157 |location=Ithaca, NY))</ref>((Rp|page=15))

Before the plenum, demands for a repudiation of the [[Cultural Revolution]] increased, especially by those who were persecuted during [[Mao Zedong]]'s last year. In October 1976, the radical [[Gang of Four]] led by Mao's widow [[Jiang Qing]] was arrested, and Deng Xiaoping himself—Mao's chief rival from 1975 to 1976—was officially rehabilitated in 1977.<ref>((Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Z. |date=October 1985 |title=The development of and achievements in China's population science |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12280498/ |journal=Population Research (Peking, China) |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=1–6 |issn=1002-6576 |pmid=12280498))</ref>

Although Hua Guofeng, who succeeded as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and "the great helmsman," in 1976, tried to carry on the [[Maoist]] rhetoric and to gain an authority like that of Mao's. He also allowed the rehabilitation of many of Deng's allies, who, calling for economic reform, then revolted against him. During the 1978 working conference held in November, preparing for the plenum, [[Chen Yun]] raised the "six issues"—[[Bo Yibo]], [[Tao Zhu]], [[Wang Heshou]] and [[Peng Dehuai]]; the [[1976 Tiananmen Incident]]; and [[Kang Sheng]]’s errors—to undermine the leftists. At the same conference, Deng said it was necessary to go over ideological barriers.((cn|date=June 2023))

==Relevant decisions==
((Unreferenced section|date=June 2023))
Trying to distance from the [[Cultural Revolution]] practice which put politics before the economy, the Third Plenary Session argued that extensive criticism campaigns against [[Lin Biao]] and the Gang of Four were to be abandoned in favour of a greater attention to economics. The "[[Four Modernizations]]" of industry, agriculture, national defence and science-technology were considered the Party's key tasks for the new period. Former [[President of the People's Republic of China|President]] [[Liu Shaoqi]]'s theory that under [[socialism]], mass [[class struggle]] came to an end, and it was necessary to develop relations of production in order to follow the growth of social forces, was openly endorsed, while Mao's theory of continued revolution under socialism was abandoned. Changes in economic management were called for.

The new slogan was to "make China a modern, powerful socialist country before the end of this century".

Although it did not take any open resolution against Mao, the Plenary Session attacked his leadership, implying that it did not guarantee full [[democracy]] or [[collective leadership]]. Particularly, it criticized the use of issuing Mao's "instructions", as it was said that ''"No personal view by a Party member in a position of responsibility, including leading comrades of the Central Committee, is to be called an 'instruction.'"'' It also put an end to the extensive [[personality cult]] towards Mao and Hua, even going as far as to avoid using the titles "Chairman Mao" and "Chairman Hua".

Putting forward the ''"Seeking truth from facts"'' principle, the plenum started the repudiation of the Cultural Revolution: the "[[Counterattack the Right-Deviationist Reversal-of-Verdicts Trend]]" campaign aimed against Deng was openly rejected, and [[Peng Dehuai]], [[Tao Zhu]], [[Bo Yibo]] and [[Yang Shangkun]] were rehabilitated. The Cultural Revolution was openly rejected only in 1981 at the Sixth Plenary Session. The weakness of both the [[National People's Congress]] and the [[Supreme People's Court]] during this period were criticized as well.

==Leadership changes==
((See also|Succession of power in China))((Unreferenced section|date=June 2023))((multiple image
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Despite its great relevance in advancing Deng Xiaoping's ideas and leadership, during the Third Plenary Session no critical or substantial reshuffle occurred, as opposed to the Sixth Plenary Session held in 1981 when Hua Guofeng was removed from his post of [[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party|Party Chairman]]. Important additions were made, however.

[[Chen Yun]] was appointed [[Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo Standing Committee]] member, as well as [[Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party|Party Vice-chairman]] and [[Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection|First Secretary]] of the reformed [[Central Commission for Discipline Inspection]]. [[Deng Yingchao]], [[Hu Yaobang]] and [[Wang Zhen (general)|Wang Zhen]] were all made new [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo]] members, and they were given important posts in the Discipline Inspection Commission.

Nine new members, former Head of the [[People's Liberation Army General Staff Department|PLA General Staff]] [[Huang Kecheng]] among them, were co-opted in the Central Committee.

== References ==
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==External links==
*((in lang|zh)) [http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64162/64168/64563/65371/4441902.html Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]

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