14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

This covers the period from 1992 to 1997. At the 14th National Congress in 1992, Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour led to the removal or retirements of several economically conservative members of the previous Central Committee such as Li Ximing and Yao Yilin. Deng himself would play a less active role in politics after the Congress, leaving Jiang in charge. Some additional challenges to Jiang included Head of State Yang Shangkun's influence in the military, which would be curbed with Yang Shangkun retirement in 1993. In 1995, Beijing Party Secretary Chen Xitong would be arrested on corruption charges, removing another rival of Jiang