On this day, 45 years ago, on February 23, 1980 (January 8, 1980 in the lunar calendar), the Communist Party of China held the Fifth Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee. Venue of the Fifth Plenary Session The Fifth Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing on February 23, 1980 and ended on the 29th. The meeting decided to convene the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in advance; co-elect Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang as members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; and establish a Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee with Hu Yaobang as General Secretary. The "Several Guidelines on Political Life within the Party" and the resolution to rehabilitate Liu Shaoqi were adopted. Decided to revoke the charges of "traitor, traitor, and scab" imposed on Liu Shaoqi by the Second Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the wrong resolution to expel Liu Shaoqi from the Party forever and revoke all positions inside and outside the Party, and restore him to his reputation as a great Marxist and proletarian revolutionary and one of the main leaders of the Party and the country. "Several Guidelines on Political Life within the Party" adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee