▁adopted ▁that ▁emphas ized ▁light ▁industry ▁and ▁consumer ▁production . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁Party ▁Congress ▁conven ed ▁in ▁Be ij ing . ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁were ▁again ▁critic ized ▁for ▁imperial ism ▁and ▁reun ification ▁with ▁Taiwan ▁str essed . ▁Most ▁important ly , ▁another ▁new ▁constitution ▁was ▁adopted ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁document . ▁This ▁version ▁( which ▁remains ▁China ' s ▁constitution ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day ) ▁emphas ized ▁foreign ▁assistance ▁in ▁modern izing ▁and ▁developing ▁the ▁country , ▁thus ▁reject ing ▁the ▁Ma o ist ▁self - re liance ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁constitution s . ▁The ▁last ▁remaining ▁references ▁to ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Revolution ▁were ▁also ▁removed . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁constitution ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁" exp lo iter " ▁class ▁had ▁been ▁elimin ated ▁in ▁China ▁and ▁so ▁class ▁struggle ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁a ▁relevant ▁issue . ▁Person ality ▁cult s ▁were ▁also ▁officially ▁den ounced ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁Congress . ▁ ▁However , ▁these ▁changes ▁were ▁not ▁managed ▁without ▁over coming ▁opposition ▁in ▁the ▁party , ▁b ureau c racy , ▁and ▁military . ▁There ▁were ▁still ▁a ▁few ▁extrem ist ▁follow ers ▁of ▁the ▁Gang ▁of ▁Four , ▁but ▁not ▁many ▁and ▁efforts ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁we ed ▁them ▁from ▁the ▁party . ▁There ▁did ▁exist ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of