When is the birthday of the Communist Party of China?
In 1941, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China designated July 1, 1921 as the founding day of the Communist Party of China. Since then, the whole party has warmly celebrated the anniversary of the birth of the party on July 1 every year. However, the founding day of the Communist Party of China is not the time for the first national congress of the Communist Party of China. The commemoration of July 1 as the anniversary of the Communist Party of China was proposed by Comrade Mao Zedong in May 1938. According to newly discovered historical materials and textual research results, the actual founding time of the Communist Party of China was July 23, 1921.
The First National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held on July 23, 1921, and the party's birthday was July 1.
On July 23, 1921, the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. The delegates were: Li Da, Li Hanjun (on behalf of the Shanghai Communist Group), Zhang Guotao, Liu Renjing (on behalf of the Beijing Communist Group), Mao Zedong, He Shuheng (on behalf of the Changsha Communist Group), Dong Biwu, Chen Tanqiu (on behalf of the Wuhan Communist Group), Wang Quanmei, Deng Enming (on behalf of the Jinan Communist Group), Chen Gongbo (Guangzhou), Zhou Fohai (in Japan). Bao Huiseng was dispatched by Chen Duxiu to attend the meeting. In addition, Ma Lin, a representative of the Communist International, also attended the meeting. Both Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu did not attend the party's major because they could not get away at that time. But later, for various reasons, July 1 became the anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
After the founding of the Communist Party of China in July 1921, due to the cruelty of the struggle, it was not possible to organize unified activities to commemorate the birthday of the party for a long time. It was not until 1936, when the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, that Comrade Chen Tanqiu, a major party representative, published the article "Memories of the First Congress" in the seventh volume of the Communist International magazine published in Moscow to commemorate the birth of the party. This is the earliest article commemorating the Communist Party of China. The article is based on the specific month of the opening of the major conference, not the specific date of the opening of the major conference.
The idea of July 1 as the birthday of the Communist Party of China was proposed by Comrade Mao Zedong in May 1938. At that time, Mao Zedong proposed in the article "On Protracted War" that "July 1 this year will be the 17th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China". This is the first time that the leading comrades of the Central Committee have explicitly proposed that "July 1" is the birthday of the party. At that time, the only founders of the party in Yan'an who had attended the first major were Mao Zedong and Dong Biwu. They recalled that the first major was held in July, but they could not remember the exact date of the meeting. Due to the lack of archives, it was impossible to verify for a while, so July 1 was designated as the birthday of the party.
"July 1" as the birthday of the party was first seen in a central document in June 1941. At that time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Directive on Commemorating the Fourth Anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War on the 20th Anniversary of the Birth of the Communist Party of China". The directive said: "This year's July 1 is the 20th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, and the'July 7 'is the fourth anniversary of China's Anti-Japanese War. All anti-Japanese base areas should convene meetings, take various measures, hold commemorations, and publish special issues or special issues in various publications." This was the first document made in the name of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to commemorate "July 1" as the party's birthday. Since then, the whole party has begun to hold large-scale activities to commemorate the party's birthday. And "July 1" has been fixed as
The date of the party's grand opening was not clearly verified by party historians until the late 1970s. According to newly discovered historical materials and research results, it was determined that the date of the grand opening was July 23, 1921. After the date of the grand opening was clearly verified, some comrades asked whether the anniversary of the party's birth should also be changed accordingly? At that time, the leading comrades of the Central Committee believed that there was no need to change the anniversary of the party's birth, because it was not the same as the date of the party's grand opening and closing. Although the anniversary of the party's birth is not a specific date for the party's grand opening, the glorious festival of "July 1st" has been deeply etched in the hearts of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country.
