The 11th National Congress, August 12-18, 1977, Beijing. In attendance: 1,510 deputies representing 35 million Party members.

The congress adopted the political report delivered by Hua Guofeng on behalf of the CPC Central Committee. The report summed up the struggle against the "gang of four" in 1976 and declared the end of the "cultural revolution." The report reiterated that building China into a modernized socialist power before the end of the century was still the fundamental task of the Party. Due to the constraints of the circumstances and the influence of Hua Guofeng's mistakes, the congress failed to correct the erroneous theory, policy and slogans of the "cultural revolution." On the contrary, it affirmed them. It did not set right the mistakes of the Party's theory and guiding principles, which remained until the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th Party Central Committee, in December 1978.

(NO. 43 OCOBTER 26, 1987 title: "Review of Past CPC National Congresses")