The 8th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing from September 15th to 27th, 1956. Chairman Mao Zedong of the CPC Central Committee making an opening speech.     Chairman of the CPC Central Committee Mao Zedong and Members of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Chen Yun with foreign Party representatives at the rostrum.