[1]: 22 The constitution adopted during April 1969 at the CCP's 9th National Congress named Lin Biao as Mao Zedong's "close comrade in arms and successor".

[3] The 1992 revision of the constitution noted the importance of policy experimentation, incorporating language that the CCP "must boldly experiment with new methods, ... review new experience and solve new problems, and enrich and develop Marxism in practice.

[6]: 1  The CCP's 19th National Congress in October 2017 ratified amendments including the incorporation of Xi Jinping Thought.

Additions included opposition to Taiwan independence,[10] developing a "fighting spirit" and strengthening fighting ability, as well as additions of goals related to Xi, including gradually achieving common prosperity, promoting Chinese-style modernization and developing a "broader, fuller and more robust" whole-process people's democracy.

[11] The constitution states that Marxism–Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought are the party's official ideology.