The 10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1973 to 1977. It was preceded by the

9th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 9th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1969 to 1973. It was preceded by the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It was the second central committee in session during the Chinese Cultural Revo ...

. It held three

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s in the four-year period. It was formally succeeded by the

11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in a five-year session from 1977 to 1982. The 10th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party preceded it. It held seven plenary sessions in the five-year period. It was formally ...

. It elected the 10th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1973. *Chairman:

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

*Vice Chairmen:

Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...

Wang Hongwen Wang Hongwen (December 1935 – 3 August 1992) was a Chinese labour activist and politician who was the youngest member of the Gang of Four. He rose to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), after organizing the Shanghai Peo ...

Kang Sheng Kang Sheng (; 4 November 1898 – 16 December 1975), born Zhang Zongke (), was a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official, politician and calligrapher best known for having overseen the work of the CCP's internal security and intelligence appara ...

, Ye Jianying, Li Desheng ().

Members

*Mao Zedong :''The following is in stroke order of surnames:''

Chronology

#''1st Plenary Session'' #*Date: August 30, 1973 #*Location:

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#*Significance:

was appointed Chairman of the CCP Central Committee, with

, Ye Jianying and Li Desheng as vice-chairmen. 25-member Politburo, 9-member

Politburo Standing Committee The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), officially the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a committee consisting of the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) an ...

and other central organs were elected. #''2nd Plenary Session'' #*Date: January 8–10, 1975 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance: The only point in agenda was the preparation of the

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, which was to open on January 13. The

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as well as reports and lists of nominees for top State posts to be submitted to the Congress were approved.

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping also Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Teng Hsiao-p'ing; born Xiansheng (). (22 August 190419 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's R ...

was elected vice-chairman and Standing Committee member, replacing Li Desheng who resigned and disappeared from the public eye until mid-1977. #''3rd Plenary Session'' #*Date: July 16–21, 1977 #*Location: Beijing #*Significance:

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was ratified as Chairman of the CCP Central Committee with the formal approval of the October 6, 1976 Politburo resolution. The

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was furtherly denounced and its members expelled from the Party. Deng Xiaoping was restored to all his posts after the Politburo had removed him from the core leadership in April 1976. The decision to convene the Party's 11th National Congress ahead of schedule was taken.

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