The15thNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChinawasheldinBeijingfromSeptember12to18,1997.Theconferencehas2048formalrepresentativesand60speciallyinvitedrepresentatives,representingmorethan58millionpartymembersacrossthecountry.Thisconferencewasheldatthecriticalmomentofmycountry’sreformandopeningupandthedevelopmentofsocialistmodernization.Itisatimetoinheritthepast,carryonthepast,andholdhighthegreatbannerofDengXiaopingTheory.ThepartyandthepeopleofallethnicgroupsacrossthecountryhaveworkedinunitytopushthecauseofbuildingsocialismwithChinesecharacteristicstothe21stcenturyconferenceinanall-roundway.Atthemeeting,JiangZeminmadeareportentitled"HoldhighthegreatbannerofDengXiaopingTheoryandcomprehensivelypushthecauseofbuildingsocialismwithChinesecharacteristicsintothe21stcentury".Thereporthastenparts:(1)Retrospectandprospectattheturnofthecentury,(2)theworkofthepastfiveyears,(3)thehistoricalstatusandguidingsignificanceofDengXiaopingTheory,(4)thebasiclineandprogramoftheinitialstageofsocialism,(5)economicsystemreformandeconomicdevelopmentstrategy,(6)politicsSystemreformanddemocraticlegalsystemconstruction,(7)socialistculturalconstructionwithChinesecharacteristics,(8)promotingthepeacefulreunificationofthemotherland,(9)internationalsituationandforeignpolicy,(10)theCommunistPartyofChinafacingthenewcentury.Thecongressusedtheconceptof"DengXiaopingTheory"forthefirsttimeandusedthistheoryasabannertoguidetheparty'sprogress.Thereportpointedout:Thebasicgoalsandbasicpoliciesoftheeconomy,politics,andcultureofbuildingsocialismwithChinesecharacteristicsareorganicallyunifiedandindivisible,andconstitutetheparty'sbasicprogramintheprimarystageofsocialism.ThisprogramisanimportantcontentofDengXiaoping'stheory,isthedevelopmentoftheparty'sbasiclineineconomic,political,andculturalaspects,andisasummaryofthemostimportantexperienceintheseyears.Thefirsttenyearsofthiscenturyareacriticalperiodformycountrytorealizethesecond-stepstrategicgoalofmodernizationandmovetowardsthethird-stepstrategicgoal.Duringthisperiod,establishingarelativelycompletesocialistmarketeconomicsystemandmaintainingthesustained,rapidandhealthydevelopmentofthenationaleconomyaretwomajorissuesthatmustberesolved.Theconferencealsoputforwardnewconclusionsontheownershipstructureandtherealizationformofpublicownershipintheprimarystageofsocialism,aswellastheruleoflawandtheconstructionofasocialistcountryundertheruleoflaw.Abasiceconomicsystemofthestage.Thepublicownershipeconomyincludesnotonlythestate-ownedeconomyandthecollectiveeconomy,butalsothestate-ownedandcollectivecomponentsinthemixed-ownershipeconomy.Thestate-ownedeconomyplaysaleadingrole,whichismainlyreflectedincontrol.Therealizationofpublicownershipcanandshouldbediversified.Thenon-publicownershipeconomyisanimportantpartofmycountry'ssocialistmarketeconomy.Governingthecountryaccordingtolawisthebasicstrategyforthepartytoleadthepeopleingoverningthecountry,anobjectiveneedforthedevelopmentofasocialistmarketeconomy,animportantsymbolofsocialcivilizationandprogress,andanimportantguaranteeforthecountry'slong-termstability.Theconferencemadefurtherplansonhowtoachievethethirdpartofthe"three-step"strategicgoal,putforwardanew"three-step"developmentstrategy,andmadeastrategicdeploymentformycountry'scross-centurydevelopment.TheGeneralAssemblypassedthereportandthe"ArticlesofAssociationoftheCommunistPartyofChina(Amendment)",approvedtheworkreportoftheCentralCommissionforDisciplineInspection,andelectedaCentralCommitteecomposedof193membersand151alternatemembersandaCentralCommitteecomposedof115members.CommissionforDisciplineInspection.ThegreatestcontributionoftheconferenceistoestablishDengXiaopingTheoryastheguidingideologyofthewholeparty,whichisextremelyimportantandfar-reachingforthewholepartyandthepeopleofallethnicgroupsinthecountrytoachievethegoaloftheendofthe20thcenturyandcreateamoremagnificentandmorebrilliantfutureinthe21stcentury.Impact.
