Chapter 49 Section 3 The election of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and Chen Yun's speech

Regarding the list of candidates for the Central Disciplinary Committee, I saw it at the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee. In this list of candidates, there are three secretaries, the first secretary, the second secretary and the third secretary. They are Chen Yun, Deng Yingchao and Hu Yaobang After the first, second, and third secretaries, there is Huang Kecheng, a standing secretary; and eleven deputy secretaries, Wang Heshou, Wang Congwu, Liu Shunyuan, Zhang Qilong, Yuan Renyuan, Zhang Yun, Guo Shuzhong, Ma Guorui, Li Yimeng, Wei Wenbo , Chuck; and 23 members of the Standing Committee, they are Zhou Yang, Zhang Ziyi, Shuai Mengqi, Li Chuli, Wu Xinyu, Wang Weigang, Li Shiying, Zeng Yongquan, Cao Ying, Han Guang, Liu Jianzhang, Liu Lanbo, Kong Xiangzhen, Zhou Zhongying, Ma Huizhi, Liu Xing, Wang Hefeng, Yan Xiufeng, Lv Jianren, Fang Zhichun, Cao Guanghua, Fu Qiutao, Tang Tianji.Among the 38 members of the Standing Committee of the Secretary, I know most of them. Except for Ma Guorui who is the same age as me, all of them are older than me.There are 61 living committee members, and there are only a few younger than me. For example, Wang Ruoshui was 52 years old at the time, ten years younger than me.All the list passed by applause. I did not have the right to vote, but I still applauded enthusiastically.

On the closing day (December 19, 1978) Chen Yun gave a speech.Since he was not yet a member of the Standing Committee at the Central Working Conference and had not spoken at the conference, he is now the vice chairman of the Central Committee.In his speech at the plenary session, he expressed his views on the Central Work Conference, saying: "I think the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee and the previous Central Work Conference were very successful. On the basis of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, everyone emancipated their minds, spoke freely, and fully restored and developed inner-Party democracy and the Party's principle of seeking truth from facts and the masses. The excellent style of line, criticism and self-criticism seriously discussed some problems in the party and strengthened the unity. The meeting truly realized the "centralization, democracy, discipline, freedom, and unity" advocated by Comrade Mao Zedong. Will, but also personal comfort, lively, such a political situation'. And the plenary meeting decided that this atmosphere must be extended to the whole party, the army and the people of all ethnic groups in the country. To expand to the whole party, the army, and the people of all nationalities in the country, there is still a lot of work to do, and you may encounter problems of one kind or another. During the rectification movement in Yan'an, Comrade Mao Zedong first held a rectification meeting among dozens of senior cadres. After a few months of meetings, everyone criticized and self-criticized face to face, carefully summed up the experience and lessons since the founding of the party, and wrote the "Resolution on Certain Historical Issues" on this basis. After that, the Seventh National Congress of the party will be held, The comrades of the whole party were united and won the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation. In 1957, Comrade Mao Zedong proposed that the whole party should achieve a comfortable and lively political situation. Due to various interferences, it has not been realized for many years. This request was also written in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, but it has not been realized. This time, the Party Central Committee headed by Comrade Hua Guofeng has taken a good lead. As long as everyone persists, it is possible to realize it throughout the country. will play an important role.”

His speech is an evaluation of the Central Work Conference, and this passage is also an important historical material for our study of the Central Work Conference. In this speech, he only used a few short sentences to express his gratitude to the plenary session for electing him as the first secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, member of the Politburo and Standing Committee, and vice chairman of the Central Committee, and to the comrades at the Central Work Conference and the Central Plenary Session Trust him and say that he will work hard to do a good job.