Evolving Regularity of Party Congresses | Generated by AI
Not quite - the early congresses were much more irregular. Let me clarify:
Early period (1920s-1940s): Very irregular timing
- 1st: 1921
- 2nd: 1922 (1 year gap)
- 3rd: 1923 (1 year gap)
- 4th: 1925 (2 year gap)
- 5th: 1927 (2 year gap)
- 6th: 1928 (1 year gap)
- 7th: 1945 (17 year gap! - due to war)
After 1949: Still somewhat irregular at first
- 8th: 1956 (11 year gap)
- 9th: 1969 (13 year gap - during Cultural Revolution)
- 10th: 1973 (4 year gap)
- 11th: 1977 (4 year gap)
From 1982 onwards: Became regular 5-year intervals
- 12th: 1982
- 13th: 1987
- 14th: 1992
- …continuing every 5 years…
- 20th: 2022
So the “every 5 years” rule only became consistent from the 1980s onward. Before that, wars, political upheaval, and other circumstances caused very irregular gaps.