It was the residence of the delegates of the Military Commission during the Congress, and successive leaders of the Party and the State have attended many relevant meetings in the hotel.
[2] The Jingxi Hotel was also the designated residence of top leaders from various provinces and cities when they came to Beijing.
During the 40 years from September 14, 1964 to 2004, it has received 29 meetings of the National People's Congress, including the 3rd plenary session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and 44 plenary sessions of the National People's Congress and the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party,[3] and has been known as the "safest hotel" and "the crown of meeting venues" in China.
The construction of Beijing West Hotel started in 1959 for the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic,[3] and was completed in 1964.
On January 19, 1967, the top military officials of the Chinese Communist Party held an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission at the Jingxi Hotel to oppose the "Four Greats" in the military, and Ye Jianying, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen and other senior leading military cadres met with Jiang Qing and Chen Boda from the Central Cultural Revolutionary Group, where they had a heated argument and slammed the table, which was known as the "Incident of the Great Disturbance at the Jingxi Hotel" (大闹京西宾馆事件).