48 years ago today, on August 12, 1977 (June 28, 1977), the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing. From left, Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian and Wang Dongxing on the rostrum of the "Eleventh National Congress" of the Communist Party of China From August 12 to 18, 1977, the Eleventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing. Hua Guofeng presided over the conference and made a political report to the conference on behalf of the Central Committee. Summarized the struggle against the "Gang of Four" and declared the end of the "Cultural Revolution". He pointed out that stability and unity do not mean that class struggle is not necessary, and political revolutions of the nature of the Cultural Revolution will be carried out many times in the future. He reiterated that building our country into a modern socialist power in this century is the fundamental task of the party in the new era. On behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Ye Jianying made a report on amending the party constitution, pointing out that our party can only maintain the nature of the proletarian vanguard by taking Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought as its guiding ideology and theoretical basis; emphasizing the improvement of democratic centralism and strengthening party discipline, and requiring the whole party to maintain and carry forward the party's fine traditions and work style. Deng Xiaoping delivered the closing remarks. Due to the limitations of historical conditions and the influence of Hua Guofeng's mistakes, this conference failed to correct the wrong theories, policies and slogans of the "Cultural Revolution", but instead affirmed the "Cultural Revolution". Main positions of the Politburo Standing Committee: Hua Guofeng: Chairperson of the Central Military Commission, Premier Ye Jianying of the State Council: Vice Chairperson of the Central Military Commission, Minister of Defense Deng Xiaoping: Vice Chairperson of the Central Military Commission, First Vice Premier of the State Council, Chief of General Staff Li Xiannian: Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Vice Premier of the State Council Wang Dongxing: Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Office of the Central Committee. In December 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee co-elected Chen Yun as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee. Chen Yun, Vice Chairperson of the Eighth Central Committee and a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, re-entered the Politburo Standing Committee after a lapse of more than ten years and was elected as the first secretary of the newly established Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. In February 1980, the Fifth Plenary Session of