The 5th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was in session from 1927 to 1928.
Beginning with this session, the CPC Central Executive Committee was renamed to the CPC Central Committee.
It had 31 members and 14 alternate members.
Its first plenary session elected the 5th Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 1927.
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