The 15th National congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党第十五次全国代表大会) was held in Beijing between September 12 and 18, 1997. There were 2,048 delegates and 60 specially invited delegates elected a 344-member 16th CPC Central Committee, as well as a 115-member Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. This change in membership reduced the average age to 55 and increased the percentage of members holding university or college level education to 92.4%.
Jiang Zemin was reappointed General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Changes to the constitution
The constitution was changed to make Deng Xiaoping Theory a guiding ideology of the Communist Party of China alongside Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought.[1]
References
- ↑ "The 15th National Congress" (2013-03-29). People's Daily Online. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2023-03-15.