[Group Workers Lecture Hall] The origin of the "July 1st" party commemorative day

From July 23rd to early August 1921, the first National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai (later to Jiaxing South Lake). The 13 representatives attended the conference and passed the party's program. ", Officially declared the birth of the Communist Party of China. Since then, China has appeared in a completely new type of proletarian party with a guide with Marxism -Leninism as a guide to achieve socialism and communism as the goal. Comrade Mao Zedong said: "China has created the Communist Party, which is a big event in the world."

Later, how did you be determined to be the birthday of the party on July 1? This also starts from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Yan'an.

For the first time on July 1st, party member education activities

After the founding of the Communist Party of China, due to the long -term revolutionary war, the wind and rain fluttering and the hardships. In the era of storms, our party has not carried out a planned, scheduled, procedural and open commemorative party building activities. On January 13, 1937, the Party Central Committee was stationed in Yan'an, and the environment was relatively stable and began to commemorate the party founding activities.

According to the "Chronicle of Zhou Enlai", on July 1, 1937, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a party activist meeting in Yan'an. Zhou Enlai made a report entitled "The 16th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party". This is the first time in the history of our party to carry out party education activities on July 1.

The report outlines the twists and turns development of our party since its establishment. The reason why the Communist Party's achievements have achieved is that they are armed with Marxist theory and have a deeply linked connection with the Chinese people.

The report system summarizes the historical lessons of the Communist Party of China during the Great Revolution, and calls on the party to consciously take the task of leading the national anti -Japanese nation united front based on the inheritance of the excellent tradition and drawing revolutionary lessons.

For the first time Mao Zedong clarified the party's establishment anniversary

Shortly after the party's major, the Party Central Committee was destroyed in Shanghai. All the central archives, including a large file, were lost, which caused many problems about the party to become a mystery of history for a long time. In 1936, a major representative of the party Chen Tanqiu published an article "The Memories of the First Congress" in Moscow, which tells the specific process held by the Communist Party of China and provided many vivid and vivid details. In the summer of the year, the Shanghai French Concession Popular Road, the upstairs of the private blog post. In the second half of July, nine temporary guests were suddenly new ... Organizing the Communist Party agreed to meet in Shanghai. "He just said that the first congress of the Communist Party of China was opened in the second half of July, and the specific date was not mentioned.

After the KMT and the Communist Party ’s cooperation is formally formed, in order to further expand the influence of the Communist Party of China, unify the thinking of the whole party, condense the strength, and put it into the War of Resistance. Need to determine the specific date. At that time, a major representative in Yan'an was Mao Zedong, Dong Biwu and others. They recalled that they were held in July, but the exact date could not be remembered, so they discussed the anniversary of the birth of July 1 as the party's birth.

From May 26th to June 3rd, 1938, Mao Zedong made a lecture on "On the Outstanding War" at the Yan'an Anti -Japanese War Research Association. In his speech, he proposed: "July 1st this year is the seventeenth anniversary of the establishment of the Communist Party of China. In order to enable each Communist Party member to do better and greater efforts in the Anti -Japanese War, it also focuses on the lasting lasting lasting. The need for war. "This is the first time that our party leaders have proposed that July 1 is the anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of China.

The commemorative party founding activities carried out in the revolutionary period

On June 14, 1938, the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the Shaanxi -Gansu -Ningbian District and the Border District Anti -enemy Aid Association held the first joint meeting of the party, political and military, and organizations of various organs, and agreed to the first anniversary of the Anti -Japanese War and the first anniversary of the Anti -Japanese War. And the 17th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. On June 24, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China released the "Outline of the 17th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China". On June 25, "New China News" published "From" July 1st "to the" July 7th "commemorative week. "The article, the first time of the party's establishment of the anniversary of the establishment of the party was summarized into" July 1 ".

According to the "New China News", at 10 am on July 1, 1938, the Workers' Conference was held in the Yan'an Trade Union, and the General Union General Club of the Yan'an City Industry Union was established. At 2 pm, the workers' propaganda team set off and promoted it at the bell tower to Beichengmen Gate. On the same day, the most sensational city was the lantern conference to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in the evening. The sun is still hanging on the top of the Xishan, and all schools, groups, organs, and troops have begun to meet with the public stadium outside the South Gate. About half of Yan'an has come here. In front of the podium, the banner of "Yan'an from all walks of life celebrating the 17th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China" was hung. At 7 pm, the conference announced the opening. The first is that all the staff sang "The Volunteer's March", and then the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army Mo Wenzheng gave a speech. The thunderous applause sounded at the venue, and the slogans of "support the Communist Party of China" and "Long live the Communist Party of China" came one after another. When the sunset on the west disappeared in the night, the light shone the earth, looking from the wall of Yan'an, as if a star sea. The lantern conference officially started. The lamp team entered the city from the south gate. There were various shapes of lights such as airplane lights, bomb lamps, five -star lights, and pagoda lamps. The most noticeable is the "Five -Star · Ax · sickle" lamp of the Fifth Squadron of the Fifth Brigade of the University of Resistance Against Japan. On one side of the lamp, "71-77" and the other side read "1921-1938". The audience gathered on both sides of the streets of the city, and the sound and slogan sounded all night. One week later, Yan'an celebrated every day. "July" as the birthday of the party, first seen in the central document in June 1941

At that time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Instructions on the 20th Anniversary of the Birth of the Communist Party of China and the Follow -Twenty -two -year Prevention of the War of Resistance Against Japan", which clearly stated: "This year 'Seventh One is the 20th anniversary of the CCP, and' Seventh Seven 'is the 4th anniversary of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan. Each anti -Japanese base area shall convene a meeting separately, take various methods, hold a commemorative, and publish special publications or specials in various publications. "This clearly stipulates that the day of the party to celebrate the party was clearly stipulated in the form of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

On July 1, 1941, all agencies, schools, troops, and groups of Yan'an were on vacation for one day to hold a commemorative meeting and report meeting to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the party. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China edited and published the "Twenty Anniversary of the Communist Party of China", publishing three commemorative articles written by Zhu De, Lin Boqu, and Wu Yuzhang.

Social editorial "Commemorating the Chinese Communist Party Two Anniversary" states: "The establishment of the Communist Party of China has created a complete new era in Chinese history ... The 20 -year history of the Communist Party of China has an indelible great achievement for the Chinese revolution, which is It has become the most strong testimony in front of the people across the country. This testimony proves that the Communist Party of China, the Chinese workers, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, are contrary to all the confidence in the loss of self -confidence, hoping to rely on others and the opportunity. It is absolutely impossible to fight independently, and it has infinite future. "

Zhu De pointed out in the article "The Communist Party of China and the Revolutionary War": "The entire history of the Communist Party is inseparable from the history of the Chinese Revolutionary War since the Northern Expedition." The Communist Party of China can master the development law of the Chinese Revolutionary War most well; only the Communist Party of China can resolutely carry out the revolutionary war for the most revolutionary political goals in all historical periods, opposing the main enemies of the Chinese nation and the people at that time ; Only the Communist Party of China can determine and adhere to the most revolutionary strategic policy at that time. "

Lin Boqu said in the article "The Communist Party of China and the Regime": "The Communist Party of China held up the banner of Bolcey (Shi) Victor, across the glorious and heroic struggle road, and portrayed Yonggu's immortality in a short period of history. "Traces" "Still the first time, in countries that have not achieved the victory of the socialist revolution, a powerful army led by the Communist Party has appeared and established a democratic regime led by the Communist Party. This is the characteristic of the Chinese revolution and the proud of the Communist Party of China. place."

Wu Yuzhang's article "I and I and the Communist Party" expounded the greatness of the Communist Party of China from his personal experience and the historical and culture of the Chinese nation for 5,000 years. He said: "China has the most advanced revolutionary theory of human beings -Marxism -Leninism; China With the most powerful, the masses, and the most progressive revolutionary party, the Communist Party. "

Source: PLA Daily

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