Zunyi Conference
January 15–17, 1935 · Zunyi, Guizhou
Enlarged Politburo meeting of the CCP during the Long March. Mao Zedong displaced Bo Gu and Otto Braun and took military command of the Party.
Key people
Mao Zedong
Won military command of the CCP at the conference · Communists
Deng Xiaoping
Secretary-general of the Central Committee; attended · Communists
Zhou Enlai
Convened the conference; backed Mao · Communists
Peng Dehuai
Army commander; attended · Communists
Zhu De
Politburo member; backed Mao · Communists
Lin Biao
Army corps commander; attended · Communists
Liu Bocheng
Red Army chief of staff; attended · Communists
Zhang Wentian
participant, became the party's general secretary after the conference
Wang Jiaxiang
participant, backed Mao's military line at the conference
