The 2nd Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of China (Chinese

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: 中国共产党第二届中央执行委员会) sat from 1922 to 1923. This was the first central organ elected by the Party, but sessions of the Central Committee are by custom numbered according to the session of the National Congress at which they are elected. Because of the small size of the Party at the first Congress, a Central Committee was not chosen. The name "Central Executive Committee" was used until the 5th Party Congress in 1927, at which time it was shortened to Central Committee.

Members

1. Chen Duxiu
   Chen Duxiu
   Chen Duxiu played many different roles in Chinese history. He was a leading figure in the anti-imperial Xinhai Revolution and the May Fourth Movement for Science and Democracy. Along with Li Dazhao, Chen was a co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921. He was its first General Secretary....
   
    (陈独秀)
2. Deng Zhongxia (邓中夏)
3. Zhang Guotao
   Zhang Guotao
   Zhang Guotao was a founding member and important leader of the Chinese Communist Party and bitter rival to Mao Zedong. During the 1920s he studied in the Soviet Union and became a key contact with the Comintern and organized the CCP labor movement in the United Front with the Guomindang...
   
    (张国焘)
4. Cai Hesen
   Cai Hesen
   Cai Hesen was an early leader of the Chinese Communist Party, and a friend and comrade-in-arms of Mao Zedong. His courtesy name was Run Huan , and he was also known as He Xian , Zhe Ying , and Lin Bin...
   
    (蔡和森)
5. Gao Junyu (高君宇)

There were also 3 alternate members.

External links

2nd Central Executive Committee of the CPC, People's Daily Online.