Children
Today is July 1st
It is also the birth anniversary of the Party
Do you know the origin of "July 1"?
The picture shows the Memorial Hall of the First Congress of the Communist Party of China. Xinhua News Agency Posted by Guo Changyao/Photo
In July 1921, the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened at No. 106 Wangzhi Road (now No. 76 Xingye Road) in the French Concession in Shanghai.
Representatives attending the meeting include: Li Da and Li Hanjun from Shanghai, Zhang Guotao and Liu Renjing from Beijing, Mao Zedong and He Shuheng from Changsha, Dong Biwu and Chen Tanqiu from Wuhan, Wang Jinmei and Deng Enming from Jinan, Chen Gongbo from Guangzhou, and Zhou Fohai from Japan. ; Bao Huiseng was dispatched by Chen Duxiu and attended the meeting. They represent more than 50 party members across the country. Communist International representatives Marin and Nikolsky attended the meeting. Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao did not attend the meeting due to busy business.
As the venue was under the attention of spies and French Concession patrols, the last day's meeting was moved to a cruise ship in Nanhu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang.
The Party’s National Congress determined that the party’s name is the “Communist Party of China”. The congress adopted the first program of the Communist Party of China, which clarified that "the revolutionary army must work with the proletariat to overthrow the power of the capitalist class", "recognize the dictatorship of the proletariat until the end of class struggle", "eliminate capitalist private ownership", and unite with the Third International . Once the Communist Party of China was founded, it clearly defined socialism and communism as its goals and insisted on using revolutionary means to achieve this goal.
A major decision of the party established the Central Bureau as the temporary leadership agency of the Central Committee, and elected the Central Bureau with Chen Duxiu as secretary.
The National Congress of the Communist Party of China announced the formal establishment of the Communist Party of China. The establishment of the Communist Party of China is an inevitable product of the historical development of modern China, an inevitable product of the Chinese people's tenacious pursuit in their struggle to save the nation, and an inevitable product of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. As the party of the working class, the most advanced class in China, the Communist Party of China not only represents the interests of the working class, but also represents the interests of the entire Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It has adhered to Marxism as its guide to action from the beginning, and has always regarded seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its original intention and mission.
The founding of the Communist Party of China is an unprecedented event in the history of the development of the Chinese nation, and has great and far-reaching significance. The most important reason why the Chinese people's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle has suffered repeated setbacks and failures in modern times is that there is no advanced and strong political party as the core of leadership to gather strength. The birth of the Communist Party of China fundamentally changed this situation.
Later, how was July 1 determined to be the birth anniversary of the party? This also starts with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China entering Yan'an .
carried out party member education activities for the first time on July 1
After the founding of the Communist Party of China, due to the long period of revolutionary war, it was precarious and experienced hardships. In that bloody era, our party has not carried out planned, large-scale, procedural and public activities to commemorate the founding of the party.
On January 13, 1937, the Party Central Committee stationed in Yan'an, the environment was relatively stable, and activities to commemorate the founding of the Party began. According to the "Chronicle of Zhou Enlai", on July 1, 1937, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting of party activists in Yan'an, and Zhou Enlai made a report entitled "The Communist Party of China in its Sixteenth Anniversary". This is the first time in the history of our party that we have carried out party member education activities on July 1.
The report outlines the tortuous development process that our party has experienced since its establishment, and analyzes the reason why the Chinese Communist Party has achieved achievements because it is a party armed with Marxist theory and has deep-rooted ties with the Chinese people.
The report systematically summarized the historical lessons of the CCP during the Great Revolution, calling on the Party to consciously shoulder the task of leading the national anti-Japanese national united front on the basis of inheriting fine traditions and learning revolutionary lessons.
Mao Zedong made it clear for the first time
The anniversary of the founding of the Party
Shortly after the 1st Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee was sabotaged in Shanghai, and all central archives, including a major archive, were lost, resulting in the loss of information about the 1st Congress of the Party. Many issues have become historical mysteries for a long time. In 1936, Chen Tanqiu, a representative of the Communist Party of China, published an article "Memories of the First Congress" in Moscow, describing the specific process of the first congress of the Communist Party of China and providing many vivid details. The article said: "A In the summer of 1921, in the second half of July, nine new temporary residents suddenly arrived on the upper floor of the private Bowen Girls' School on Pope Road in Shanghai's French Concession... These people turned out to be representatives of communist groups from various places. In order to formally organize the Communist Party, we agreed to come to Shanghai for a meeting." He only said that the first congress of the Communist Party of China was held in the "second half of July" and did not mention the specific date.
After the formal formation of the Anti-Japanese National United Front based on the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, in order to further expand the influence of the Communist Party of China, unify the thinking of the entire party, gather strength, and devote itself to the Anti-Japanese War, in the spring of 1938, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China prepared to hold a ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the founding of the party. Activities require a specific date. At that time, one of the major representatives in Yan'an included Mao Zedong, Dong Biwu and others. They recalled that the First Congress was held in July, but could not remember the exact date, so they decided to use July 1 as the birth anniversary of the party.
From May 26 to June 3, 1938, Mao Zedong gave a speech " On Protracted War" at the Yan'an Anti-Japanese War Research Association. He pointed out in his speech: " July 1 this year is the seventeenth anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. In order to enable every Communist Party member to make better and greater efforts in the War of Resistance Against Japan, there is also a focus on studying The need for a protracted war. "This is the first time that our party leaders have proposed that July 1 is the birth anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
Today, we pay our youthful praise to the Party
Today, we make a youthful oath to the Party
Listen to the Party, be grateful to the Party, and follow the Party
Go to the Party with one heart and rush to the distance!
