Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

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The Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was the pivotal 1978 meeting that launched China’s era of economic reform and opening under Deng Xiaoping’s leadership.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
plenary session ⓘ
political meeting ⓘ
adoptedDocument Decision on Some Issues Concerning the Acceleration of Agricultural Development ⓘ
Resolution on Certain Questions in the Acceleration of Agricultural Development ⓘ
documents on improving Party and state leadership system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ⓘ
Third Plenum of the 11th CPC Central Committee ⓘ
chairperson Hua Guofeng ⓘ
country China ⓘ
endDate 1978-12-22 ⓘ
followedBy Fourth Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ⓘ
ideologicalShift emphasis on seeking truth from facts ⓘ
from Maoist radicalism to pragmatic socialism ⓘ
greater acceptance of market mechanisms within socialism ⓘ
keyFigure Chen Yun ⓘ
Deng Xiaoping ⓘ
Hua Guofeng ⓘ
Li Xiannian ⓘ
Ye Jianying ⓘ
keyLeader Deng Xiaoping ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
location Beijing ⓘ
China ⓘ
organizedBy 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ⓘ
Communist Party of China ⓘ
partOf 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ⓘ
Chinese economic reform ⓘ
history of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
policyOutcome adoption of reform and opening-up strategy ⓘ
beginning of gradual market-oriented reforms ⓘ
decision to prioritize economic development ⓘ
endorsement of the Four Modernizations ⓘ
greater autonomy for local economic decision-making ⓘ
launch of rural economic reforms ⓘ
opening to foreign investment and technology ⓘ
shift from class struggle to economic construction ⓘ
politicalContext end of the Cultural Revolution era ⓘ
post-Mao transition ⓘ
precededBy Second Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ⓘ
relatedConcept Chinese economic reform ⓘ
Deng Xiaoping Theory ⓘ
Four Modernizations ⓘ
Reform and Opening Up ⓘ
significance considered a turning point in modern Chinese history ⓘ
marked the beginning of China’s reform and opening-up policy ⓘ
shifted the focus of the Communist Party of China to economic modernization ⓘ
startDate 1978-12-18 ⓘ
timePeriod December 1978 ⓘ

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Deng Xiansheng → notableEvent → Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ⓘ
Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China → alsoKnownAs → Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ⓘ
linked to: Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China → alsoKnownAs → Third Plenum of the 11th CPC Central Committee ⓘ
linked to: Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Reform and Opening-Up → startEvent → Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
linked to: Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China