Significance: This meeting was held just before the victory over the
Kuomintang. Mao Zedong delivered a report focusing on the post-victory activity of the Communist Party, emphasizing the need to guard from "unarmed enemies" and "sugar-covered bullets". The decision to convene the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference with "democratic parties" was also taken.
Significance: First meeting of the CCP Central Committee to be held in Beijing and after the nationwide victory. It focused on the
Central People's Government work, with reports delivered by Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yun.
Nie Rongzhen made a report on the reorganization of the
People's Liberation Army from guerilla formations towards becoming the armed forces of the new Republic.
4th Plenary Session
Date: February 6–10, 1954
Location: Beijing
Significance:
Gao Gang was criticized. Mao Zedong did not participate, and the report by the Politburo was delivered by Liu Shaoqi.
5th Plenary Session
Date: April 4, 1955
Location: Beijing
Significance: The meeting was held after a Party national conference held in March. It approved the conference's resolutions on the Five-Year Plan and expelling
Gao Gang (posthumously) and
Rao Shushi.
Lin Biao and
Deng Xiaoping were elected to the Politburo for the first time.
6th Plenary Session
Date: October 4–11, 1955
Location: Beijing
Significance: Resolutions on the collectivization and socialist transformation of agriculture were taken. A decision on the convening of the Party's 8th National Congress was adopted.
7th Plenary Session
Date: August 22–September 13, 1956
Location: Beijing
Significance: Preparations for the 8th Congress were made.