Theory Conference, January-April 1979

The Theory Conference of 1979 was a gathering of Chinese Communist Party cadres and theoreticians that took place between December 18 and December 22, 1978, at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, during which Deng Xiaoping’s leadership was officially consolidated and Hu Yaobang was elevated to the Politburo. This session confirmed the reform agenda of the CCP. Hu was tasked with arranging a theoretical conference to revise the CCP's ideology and lay the intellectual groundwork for the Four Modernisations goal and economic reform.

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