12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
CCP flag
The flag of the Chinese Communist Party before 1996
Date1–11 September 1982 (10 days)
LocationGreat Hall of the People, Beijing, China
Participants1,600 delegates
OutcomeElection of the 12th Central Committee and 12th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese中国共产党第十二次全国代表大会
Traditional Chinese中國共產黨第十二次全國代表大會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng dì Shí'èr cì Quánguó Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
Abbreviated name
Chinese十二大
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShí'èr dà

The 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was convened from September 1–11, 1982. The path of modernization through socialism was laid out. 1,600 delegates and 160 alternate delegates represented the party's 39.65 million members. It was preceded by the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and succeeded by the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It coincided with the time in which leader Deng Xiaoping was Chairman of the Central Advisory Commission.[1]

  1. ^ "12th National Congress". Archived from the original on 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-03-15.