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Exterior view of the new building of China’s First Historical Archives . (Picture source: Visual China)
html On July 6, the audience visited the "Power of Theory" unit at the "Century is the Prime of the Year - Large Theme Archives and Documents Exhibition". Photo by Duan Xiangyu Archives remember great achievements, and history shows the future. On July 6, the new China First Historical Archives, located at No. 9 Qinian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, was officially opened to the public. For the first time, the museum’s “A Centennial Is the Peak of Bloom—Large-Scale Themed Archives and Documents Exhibition” is open to individuals by appointment. .
Strolling through the simple and solemn exhibition hall of the new museum, the floodgates of history slowly opened. Volumes of files sealed in heavy filing cabinets travel through the tunnel of time, telling the story of the century-old party’s prosperous years, and are full of the spiritual power of keeping in mind the original intention and mission and determined to move forward.
Use live archival resources to tell the story of party history and continue the red bloodline
Walking through the exhibition hall, the reporter noticed that the exhibition colors are basically red, brown, and gray. According to reports, the exhibition design scheme uses the red of the blood of the Party, the brown of archives and documents, and the gray of historical deposits as the main colors of the exhibition. Together with the dark patterns of the Great Wall of China elements on the wall, it shows that the Communist Party of China is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and faces difficulties. And the true nature of being in the prime of life.
It is reported that this exhibition displays more than 350 files, more than 130 photos, more than 20 audio and video clips, and more than 200 pieces (volumes) of books, materials, and physical files. The exhibits mainly include precious archives collected by the Central Archives of China from the New Democratic Revolution to the early days of reform and opening up, as well as relevant photos and videos provided by Xinhua News Agency since the reform and opening up, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, as well as from local Nearly half of the archival materials reflecting the historic achievements of the new era have been collected by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education and Research, and are on public display for the first time.
It is worth noting that the exhibition is different from the stage-by-party history and the timeline-ordered format. Instead, it focuses on major events, important meetings and important figures in the party’s history. The exhibits are divided by theme, and are divided into prefaces and beliefs. Power, the power of theory, the power of organization, the power of the people, the power of struggle, the power of action, the power of the system and the 8 main topics of Wanshan Majestic View. The eight parts have clear themes and are organically connected, vividly showing the forge ahead struggle and great achievements of the Chinese Communist Party, and profoundly interpreting the secret of success and strength of our party's continuous victory.
"I saw the Party through archives. From the dusty archives, I saw the great glory of the Party." Mr. Wang, an audience member from Xicheng District, Beijing, expressed his feelings. He said that archives are the most reliable historical records. By visiting and understanding the stories behind the red archives, he can feel more about the party's arduous journey and glorious achievements, and enhance the confidence and strength to continue moving forward.
The picture shows Russian documents and Chinese translations detailing the time, participants, meeting schedule, discussion topics and other relevant situations of the Party Congress. Photo by Duan Xiangyu
Looking at the majestic peak of Wanshan Mountain, the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the foundation and lifeblood of the party and the country.
The birth of the Communist Party in China was a ground-breaking event.
Li Dazhao’s articles promoting Marxism, Chen Duxiu’s letter to Hu Shi and others on issues such as the “color” of New Youth , Mao Zedong’s handwritten “Qinyuanchun·Changsha”, Chen Wangdao’s 1920 translation of “ Communist Manifesto ... The "Power of Faith" section of the exhibition tells the story of the great dreams and heroic aspirations of the Chinese Communists in the early days through the two archives of "Dreams Start from Here" and "Revolutionary Ideals Higher than the Sky". In the corner of the
exhibition area, a Russian file attracted the reporter's attention. This is a batch of files transferred to my country by Russia in June last year about Lenin's concern and support for the Chinese revolution and the Chinese Communist Party. It records in detail the time of the party's first meeting, participants, meeting agenda, discussion topics, etc. The relevant situation is a major precious historical material about the party.
A precious document preserved by the life of an early Communist Zhang Renya attracted everyone's attention - the only Party Constitution of the Second Congress preserved so far in the Central Archives.In July 1922, the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China adopted the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China", which was the first party constitution of the party. It made specific provisions on the conditions for party membership, party organizations at all levels and party discipline.
The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. In the section of the exhibition "Look at the Main Peak of the Majestic Mountains", on the exhibition wall with the book "The Party is the Leader of Everything", a yellowed and mottled document is particularly eye-catching. This is the sixth session of the Party's html session on November 6, 1938. The "Decision on the Working Rules and Discipline of the Central Committee" passed by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. For the first time, the document fully proposed the "four obedience" principles of democratic centralism, that is, individuals obey the organization, the minority obeys the majority, subordinates obey superiors, and the entire party obeys the central government.
"The 'Four Obediences' are the primary content of our party's principle of democratic centralism and an important institutional provision to ensure that the Party is centralized, unified and always strong." Starting from the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the "Four Obediences" were written into the Party Constitution. It has become the most fundamental political discipline and political rules of the Communist Party of China. The Party Constitution adopted by the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1982 made a new statement on the "Four Obediences", which is still in use today. Upholding the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is our greatest political, organizational and institutional advantage.
"Adhere to the truth and ideals, fulfill the original intention, fulfill the mission, be unafraid of sacrifice, fight bravely, be loyal to the party, and live up to the people." The audience stayed in front of the big screen for a long time to relive General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. He delivered an important speech at the conference and realized the "great party-building spirit", the spiritual source of the Communist Party of China.
The picture shows some pages of the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China" adopted by the Second National Congress of the Party in the Central Archives. Photographed by Duan Xiangyu
Building the party through ideology, building the party through organization, and governing the party through systems demonstrate the governance of a century-old party.
Why the Chinese Communist Party is able, Why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good, in the final analysis is because of Marxism.
The Central Archives collects the autographed letters of Marx and Lenin, and three important manuscripts by Mao Zedong on the thoughts of workers and peasants on armed separatism - "Why can China's red regime exist?" "The Struggle in Jinggangshan" "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire", in February 1964, Mao Zedong recommended a catalog of 30 Marx and Lens works to the party's senior cadres... The two sets of archives "Chinese Style and Chinese Style" and "Mastering the Special Skills of Marxism" reflect that our party has always attached great importance to building the party ideologically and strengthening the party theoretically, constantly promoting the sinicization of Marxism, and understanding the "true scripture" of Marxism. Use good history.
"The power of ideas travels through time and space and remains new over time." Mr. Feng, a teacher from a university in Beijing who came to watch the exhibition, said that it is precisely because our party has always adhered to theoretical innovation that it can remain vigorous and vigorous after the baptism of time. .
Ruijin Marx School of Communism, Central Military and Political School, Red Army University , North China Military and Political University , North China People's Revolutionary University ... In a display cabinet in the "Power of Organization" unit, the party's achievements in various historical periods are displayed. Archives related to training cadres and establishing party schools and cadre schools attracted many viewers to stop and watch.
"Hope is pinned on you." On the screen not far away, Mao Zedong's speech when receiving international students at Moscow University in November 1957 and General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the Central Party School ( National Academy of Administration in March 2021 were played on the screen not far away. ) Video of an important speech at the opening ceremony of the training class for young and middle-aged cadres. The vivid images demonstrate the consistent tradition of our party in strengthening party organization building and focusing on education and cultivating good cadres with both ability and political integrity.
The power of the party comes from organization. The Party's overall leadership and all the Party's work must be achieved by the Party's strong organizational system. Over the past century, our party has continuously strengthened the party's organizational building in accordance with the development and changes of the situation and tasks, trained and selected high-quality professional cadres, and gathered outstanding talents from all aspects into the great struggle of the party and the people.
The conditions required for central inspectors are: "Party membership must be more than three years"; "Be able to correctly understand and convey the party's line"; "Have done responsible work in a local party headquarters." On a piece of yellowed paper, the handwriting in small regular script is still clear, and there are six large characters arranged vertically in the rightmost column - "Central Inspection Regulations".
"This is the "Central Inspection Regulations" passed by the Party Central Committee in May 1931. It stipulates the conditions for inspectors, the basic tasks of inspectors, the working methods of inspectors, the powers, education and discipline of inspectors, etc." According to reports, the promulgation and implementation of the "Central Inspection Regulations" marked the formal formation of the intra-party inspection system.
The country must be governed by rules, and the party must be governed by principles. From the first program and the first resolution adopted by the Party’s National Congress to the only Party Constitution of the Second National Congress, from the “Organic Law of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of China” adopted by the Third National Congress of the Party to the “China From the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China to the intra-party regulations promulgated by the Party Central Committee since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which are filled with displays, the insistence on governing the party by system and governing the party in accordance with rules has always been the unique code of the Communist Party of China in governing the country.
Our party has always attached great importance to building the party ideologically and strengthening the party theoretically. The picture shows some of the archives displayed in the "Power of Theory" section of the exhibition. Photo by Duan Xiangyu
Persistence in struggle and self-revolution is the Party's distinctive character
Related files reflecting the story of Li Zicheng who "went to Beijing to rush for the exam", and the "Ten Points Program for Resisting Japan and Saving the Nation" adopted by the Luochuan Conference , " On Protracted War " written by Mao Zedong... The "Power of Struggle" section of the exhibition shows the Communists' "strengthening the awareness of hardship and having the courage to self-revolution" and "dare to fight and be good at fighting" to "overcome the bumps and turn them into a great road, overcome difficulties and dangers and overcome dangers". The strong will and unyielding determination to set off. In the
exhibition area, the "Resolution on the Third Amendment to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China" is displayed in a prominent position. This file, which reflects the establishment of a supervisory system by the Party, was entrusted by the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Party of China to revise by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. It particularly emphasizes the importance of discipline construction, stipulates the Party’s “discipline” in a special chapter, and clearly states the Party’s attitude towards discipline construction at the outset, that is, “strict discipline.” Party discipline is the first and most important obligation of all party members and all party departments." Among the six items in the special chapter, five directly involve political discipline, further highlighting the importance of political discipline. For the first time, the " Supervisory Committee " chapter was added, the functions of the discipline inspection agency were written into the Party Constitution, and the Central Supervisory Committee was given legal status, opening a new era in which the Communist Party of China carried out discipline enforcement supervision in an organized, well-founded and systematic manner.
"There are many meetings, but few contacts with the masses; there are many documents and reports, but few experience summaries; there are too many people squatting in offices, and there are few serious investigations and studies; there are many affairs, but little learning; there are many general calls, but there are few detailed organizational work..." 1960 On March 30, after seeing a report from the Licheng County Committee of Shandong Province that reflected the problem of "five more and five less" at the grassroots level, Mao Zedong drafted the "Instructions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Combating Bureaucracy", pointing out that bureaucracy, a legacy of the old society, The bad habits that have come down will reappear if the spring breeze blows them away once a year.
Formalism and bureaucracy are not only ideological issues, style issues, but also political issues, which are incompatible with the nature, purpose and fine style of our party. On the exhibition wall "General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on combating formalism and bureaucracy", the "Notice on Solving Outstanding Issues of Formalism and Reducing Burdens on the Grassroots" issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee in March 2019 came into view. The first article emphasizes that we must "strive to solve the problems of impure party spirit and misaligned views on political performance." A series of important instructions from General Secretary Xi Jinping provide powerful ideological weapons and action guidelines for rectifying outstanding problems of formalism and bureaucracy.
"Communists must do practical things and speak with practical actions." Ms. Zexia, a member of the Tibetan Party who visited the exhibition, told reporters that greater intensity and stricter measures should be used to rectify formalism and bureaucracy. "Let performance projects, image projects, landscape projects, etc. disappear, and more and more cadres will be seen in people's homes, fields, and industrial bases."
