Fifteenth CPC National Congress  
2002-09-16 10:57:36
The Congress was held in Beijing from September 12-18, in 1997. At the opening session, Jiang Zemin, on behalf of the 14th CPC Central Committee, delivered a report titled "Hold High the Great Banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory for an All-Round Advancement of the Cause of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics into the 21st Century."

The Party has established Deng Xiaoping Theory as its guiding ideology, clearly stipulating in its constitution that the CPC takes Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory as its guide to action.

It passed the resolutions on the report of the 14th CPC Central Committee, an amendment to the constitution of the CPC and the work report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).

The Congress elected the new CPC Central Committee and the new CCDI. Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee are: Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Hu Jintao, Wei Jianxing and Li Lanqing. The secretary of the CCDI is Wei Jianxing.