13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
| 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 中国共产党第十三次全国代表大会 | |
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The flag of the Chinese Communist Party before 1996 | |
| Begins | October 25, 1987 |
| Ends | November 1, 1987 |
| Locations | Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China |
| Previous event | 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (1982) |
| Next event | 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (1992) |
| Participants | 1,936 delegates |
| Activity | Election of the 13th Central Committee and 13th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection |
| Leader | Zhao Ziyang (Leader of the Chinese Communist Party) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國共產黨第十三次全國代表大會 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国共产党第十三次全国代表大会 | ||||||
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| Chinese | 十三大 | ||||||
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The 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing from 25 October to 1 November 1987. It was preceded by the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and was succeeded by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It was attended by 1,936 delegates and 61 'specially invited' delegates representing more than 46 million party members and included 200 foreign journalists who were invited to attend the opening and closing ceremonies. In addition, the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC National Committee, representatives from the National Federation of industry and commerce, non-party people, ethnic minorities and religious people were invited to this congress as audience.
The congress reaffirmed the correctness of the policy of reforms and the Open Door that was adopted during the Third Plenum of the 11th Congress in December 1978. It also saw the rejuvenation of the party leadership as veterans from the Long March retired and was replaced by younger and better educated technocrats.