Seven Thousand Cadres Conference

The Seven Thousand Cadres Conference (simplified Chinese: 七千人大会; traditional Chinese: 七千人大會), or 7000 Cadres Conference, was one of the largest work conferences ever of the Communist Party of China (CPC) which took place in Beijing, China from January 11 through February 7, 1962.[1][2][3][4][5] The conference was attended by over 7,000 party officials nationwide, focusing on the issues of the Great Leap Forward which resulted in the deaths of tens of millions in the Great Chinese Famine.[1][2][5]

During the conference, Liu Shaoqi, the 2nd President of China, delivered an important speech that formally attributed 30% of the famine to natural disasters and 70% to man-made mistakes, which were mainly the far-left policies of the Great Leap Forward since 1958.[2][4][6] The policies of Mao Zedong were criticized, and Mao also made self-criticism.[2][4][7][8] Lin Biao, however, continued his praises of Mao at the conference.[4][5][8] The conference promoted "democratic centralism" within the Communist Party.[5][6]

After the 7000 Cadres Conference, Liu Shaoqi, with the help of Deng Xiaoping, was in charge of most policies within the party and the government, while Mao took a semi-retired role.[6][8] However, the disagreement between Mao and Liu (and Deng) became more and more apparent, especially on Mao's call to "never forget class struggle".[9] In 1963, Mao launched the Socialist Education Movement and in 1966, he launched the Cultural Revolution in order to return to the center of power, during which Liu was persecuted to death as a "traitor" as well as a "capitalist roader" and Deng was also purged.[1] Lin Biao, on the other hand, was formally selected by Mao as his successor in 1969.[9]

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References
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