# 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

The 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from September 1982 to November 1987. It held seven plenary sessions. It was succeeded by the 13th Central Committee. It elected the 12th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 1982.

## List of members

    The following is in stroke order of surnames:
* Yu Mingtao
* Yu Hong'en
* Wan Da
* Wan Li
* Wan Haifeng
* Ma Wenrui
* Ma Xingyuan
* Xi Zhongxun
* Wang Fang
* Wang Meng
* Wang Zhen
* Wang Bingqian
* Wang Hanbin
* Wang Guangzhong
* Wang Guangyu
* Wang Zhaoguo
* Wang Quanguo
* Wang Renzhong
* Wang Kewen
* Wang Chenghan
* Wang Enmao
* Wang Chonglun
* Wang Chaowen
* Wang Heshou
* Wei Guoqing
* You Taizhong
* Mao Zhiyong
* Ulanhu
* Fang Yi
* Basang
* Deng Liqun
* Deng Xiaoping
* Deng Yingchao
* Deng Jiaxian
* Buhe
* Ye Fei
* Ye Jianying
* Tian Jiyun
* Bai Dongcai
* Ismail Amat (司马义·艾买提)
* Xing Yanzi
* Lü Peijian
* Zhu Yunqian
* Zhu Guangya
* Zhu Muzhi
* Qiao Shi
* Qiao Xiaoguang
* Wu Jinghua
* Ren Zhongyi
* Hua Guofeng
* Xiang Shouzhi
* Liu Zhen
* Liu Zhengwei
* Liu Huaqing
* Liu Zhijian
* Liu Fuzhi
* Liu Zhenhua
* Jiang Zemin
* Jiang Yonghui
* Chi Biqing
* An Pingsheng
* Xu Jiatun
* Sun Daguang
* Yin Fatang
* Yan Dongsheng (严东生）
* Su Gang
* Su Yiran
* Li Rui
* Li Peng
* Li Li'an
* Li Ziqi
* Li Ligong
* Li Dongzhi
* Li Xiannian
* Li Qiming
* Li Xuezhi
* Li Menghua
* Li Xu'e
* Li Senmao
* Li Ruihuan
* Li Ximing
* Li Xifu
* Li Desheng
* Li Yaowen
* Yang Bo
* Yang Yong
* Yang Di
* Yang Chengwu
* Yang Rudai
* Yang Yichen
* Yang Shangkun
* Yang Dezhi
* Yang Jingren
* Yang Dezhong
* Xiao Hua
* Xiao Han
* Xiao Quanfu
* Wu Quanqing
* Wu Xueqian
* He Kang
* He Dongchang
* Yu Qiuli
* Gu Mu
* Shen Tu
* Shen Yinluo
* Song Ping
* Song Renqiong
* Zhang Shou
* Zhang Zhen
* Zhang Tingfa
* Zhang Zaiwang
* Zhang Jingfu
* Zhang Aiping
* Zhang Zhixiu
* Zhang Shuguang
* Chen Yun
* Chen Bin
* Chen Lei
* Chen Renhong
* Chen Pixian
* Chen Weida
* Chen Xitong
* Chen Guodong
* Chen Fuhan
* Chen Muhua
* Chen Puru
* Lin Ruo
* Lin Hujia
* Lin Liyun
* Luo Qingchang
* Zhou Hui
* Zhou Zijian
* Zhou Shizhong
* Zhou Jiannan
* Zheng Sansheng
* Zheng Tuobin
* Xiang Nan
* Zhao Shouyi
* Zhao Xingyuan
* Zhao Zhijian
* Zhao Cangbi
* Zhao Nanqi
* Zhao Haifeng
* Zhao Ziyang
* Hao Jianxiu
* Hu Hong
* Hu Sheng
* Hu Lijiao
* Hu Qiaomu
* Hu Qili
* Hu Yaobang
* Liu Lin
* Rao Xingli
* Hong Xuezhi
* Yao Guang
* Yao Yilin
* He Jinheng
* He Jingzhi
* Qin Chuan
* Qin Zhongda
* Qin Jiwei
* Yuan Baohua
* Nie Rongzhen
* Mo Wenxiang
* Raidi
* Gu Xiulian
* Qian Zhengying
* Qian Yongchang
* Tie Ying
* Tömür Dawamat
* Ni Zhifu
* Xu Shaofu
* Xu Xiangqian
* Yin Yuan
* Gao Yangwen (高扬文)
* Guo Liwen (郭力文)
* Tang Ke (唐克)
* Huang Hua (黄华)
* Huang Zhizhen (黄知真)
* Huang Xinting (黄新廷)
* Cui Naifu (崔乃夫)
* Cui Yueli (崔月犁)
* Kang Shi'en (康世恩)
* Kang Keqing (康克清)
* Zhang Ze (章泽)
* Liang Biye (梁必业)
* Liang Lingguang (梁灵光)
* Liang Buting (梁步庭)
* Peng Chong (彭冲)
* Peng Zhen
* Jiang Nanxiang (蒋南翔)
* Han Xianchu
* Han Peixin (韩培信)
* Tan Yingji (覃应机)
* Fu Kuiqing (傅奎清)
* Jiao Linyi (焦林义)
* Lu Dadong (鲁大东)
* Xie Xide (谢希德)
* Xie Zhenhua (谢振华)
* Jiang Xiaochu (强晓初)
* Xie Feng (解峰)
* Liao Hansheng (廖汉生)
* Liao Chengzhi (廖承志)
* Saifuddin Azizi (赛福鼎·艾则孜)
* Tan Youlin (谭友林)
* Tan Qilong (谭启龙)
* Tan Shanhe (谭善和)
* Xue Ju (薛驹)
* Mu Qing (穆青)
* Dai Suli (戴苏理)

## Chronology

* 1st Plenary Session
** Date: September 12–13, 1982
** Location: Beijing
** Significance: Hu Yaobang was elected General Secretary, with Zhao Ziyang as his No. 2 (though he was listed fourth among top leaders). 28-member Politburo, 6-member Politburo Standing Committee and 5-member Secretariat were elected. The Central Advisory Commission was established. Deng Xiaoping was elected chairman of both the Central Military Commission and the Central Advisory Commission. In his closing speech, he talked about the retirement of elder leaders.
* 2nd Plenary Session
** Date: October 11–12, 1983
** Location: Beijing
** Significance: A Decision of the CCP Central Committee on the Rectification of Party Organizations was adopted in order to purge the Party from consequences of the Cultural Revolution. Around this time, the Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign was launched under Chen Yun's care. This was one of the few post-Mao meetings focused on ideological issues.
* 3rd Plenary Session
** Date: October 20, 1984
** Location: Beijing
** Significance: A Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Economic Reform was adopted, fostering the new economic line pursued by Deng Xiaoping's leadership. A CCP National Conference on it was convened.
* 4th Plenary Session
** Date: September 16, 1985
** Location: Beijing
** Significance: Recommendations for the 7th Five-Year Plan were adopted to be submitted to the Party's National Conference on September 20, and then to the National People's Congress with the goal of adapting national economy to the reform. Party veterans Ye Jianying and Huang Kecheng retired.
* 5th Plenary Session
** Date: September 24, 1985
** Location: Beijing
** Significance: Meeting held after the September 20 National Conference. The leadership bodies of the Central Committee, the Central Advisory Commission and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection were renewed. Li Peng entered the Politburo and the Secretariat.
* 6th Plenary Session
** Date: September 28, 1986
** Location: Beijing
** Significance: A Resolution of the CCP Central Committee on the Building of the Socialist Spiritual Culture. The decision to convene the Party's 13th National Congress was taken.
* 7th Plenary Session
** Date: September 28, 1987
** Location: Beijing
** Significance: Preparations for the Party's 13th National Congress were made. A plan for administration reform was adopted. Hu Yaobang's resignation was confirmed and Zhao Ziyang was elected General Secretary.