文档介绍：ON THE REFORM OF THE SYSTEM OF PARTY
AND STATE LEADERSHIP
August 18, 1980
Comrades,
The main task of this enlarged meeting is to discuss the reform of the system of Party and state leadership and some related questions.
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Changing the leadership of the State Council will be a major item on the agenda of the ing Third Session of the Fifth National People's Congress. The proposed changes will include the following: Comrade Hua Guofeng will no longer hold the concurrent post of Premier, which will be assumed rade Zhao Ziyang; Comrades Li Xiannian, Chen Yun, Xu Xiangqian, Wang Zhen and I will cease to serve concurrently as Vice-Premiers so that more rades can take over; Comrade Wang Renzhong will cease to serve concurrently as Vice-Premier, so that he can concentrate on his important job in the Party; rade Chen Yonggui has asked to be relieved of his post of Vice-Premier and the mittee of the Party has decided to endorse his request. Moreover, following consultations with anizations concerned, we are proposing some personnel changes for the posts of Vice-Chairmen of the mittee of the National People's Congress and Vice-Chairmen of the mittee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. These changes have been repeatedly discussed by the mittee of the Political Bureau of the mittee, and they will be incorporated into formal proposals which the mittee will submit to the ing sessions of the NPC and the for discussion and decision.
Why is the mittee proposing the above changes in the leadership of the State Council?
First of all, it is not good to have an over-concentration of power. It hinders the practice of socialist democracy and of the Party's democratic centralism, impedes the progress of socialist construction and prevents us from taking full advantage of collective wisdom. Over-concentration of power is liable to give rise to arbitrary rule by individuals at the expense of collective leadership, and it is an important cause of bureaucrac