１９７７年８月１２日至１８日，中国共产党第十一次全国代表大会在北京举行。这次大会总结了同“四人帮”的斗争，宣告“文化大革命”已经结束，重申在本世纪内把中国建设成为社会主义现代化强国是新时期党的根本任务。但是，大会仍然把“以阶级斗争为纲”和“无产阶级专政下 August 12-18, 1977: The Eleventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing. This congress summed up the struggle against the “Gang of Four,” declared that the “Cultural Revolution” has ended, and reiterated that building China into a modern and powerful socialist country within this century will be the fundamental task of the party in the new era. However, the conference still regards “taking class struggle as the key link” and “under the dictatorship of the proletariat.”