The Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou is a comprehensive cultural venue built to commemorate Tang Xianzu, one of the world’s hundred great cultural figures and a master of Ming‑dynasty drama in China. It is also one of Jiangxi Province’s ten major memorial halls dedicated to historical luminaries.

July 1st, Party Founding Day | Stay True to Our Original Aspiration and Keep Our Mission Firmly in Mind

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2023-07-01

A Century of Splendor, Never Forgetting Our Original Aspiration

By studying the history of the Party, we can connect the arduous yet glorious past, the rapidly changing present, and the bright and grand future; continually reaffirm the original aspiration and mission of Communists; and further strengthen our faith in Marxism, our conviction in socialism and communism, and our confidence in realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

01 Studying the Red Spirit

Looking back on the past, the Red Boat Spirit, the Jinggangshan Spirit, the Long March Spirit, the Yan’an Spirit, the Xibaipo Spirit—these red spirits etched into the Party’s century-long glorious history shine brightly. All Party members and cadres must, with high morale, strive to embark on a new journey toward fully building a modern socialist country, and greet the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China with outstanding achievements.

02 Strengthening Ideals and Beliefs

Strengthen and refine our ideals and convictions through the study of Party history. With faith in our hearts, we will have strength beneath our feet. Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has resolutely shouldered the glorious mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups into the new era and toward a brighter future.

03 Studying the Red Spirit

A country and a nation can only gain a profound understanding of their present position and future trajectory by grasping the laws governing their historical development. Throughout its journey, our Party has repeatedly turned peril into safety and crisis into opportunity. We must draw from this experience the courage to pioneer and experiment, as well as the spirit of hard work and relentless progress, continuously equipping ourselves with the Party’s theoretical knowledge to guide our thinking, direct our work, and advance practical endeavors.

Do you know the origin of the July 1st Party Founding Day?
The First National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held on July 23, 1921, while the Party’s founding anniversary is celebrated on July 1. Why do these two dates differ, and how did July 1 come to be observed as the Party’s founding day?

After the Communist Party of China was founded in July 1921, the harsh realities of the struggle meant that, for a long period, it lacked the conditions to organize unified events commemorating the Party’s founding anniversary. It was not until 1936, on the fifteenth anniversary of the Party’s establishment, that Comrade Chen Tanqiu, a delegate to the First National Congress, published an article titled “Recollections of the First Congress” in the seventh volume of the journal Communism International, which was published in Moscow, thereby marking the Party’s birth. This is one of the earliest writings to commemorate the founding of the Communist Party of China. The article states that the First Congress opened at the end of July 1921, though it does not specify an exact date. This commemorative piece takes the month of the Congress as its reference point, rather than the precise day of its opening. At that time, no mass‑scale activities had yet been held to celebrate the Party’s birthday.

The decision to designate July 1 as the anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China was proposed by Comrade Mao Zedong in May 1938. At the time, in his essay “On Protracted War,” Mao Zedong stated: “July 1 this year marks the seventeenth anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.” This was the first time that a leading comrade from the Central Committee explicitly designated July 1 as the Party’s founding day.

At the time, among those who had attended the First National Congress of the Communist Party in Yan’an, only two—Mao Zedong and Dong Biwu—were still alive. They recalled that the congress was held in July but could not recall the exact date. Lacking archival records, it proved impossible to verify the precise date at the time, so July 1 was officially designated as the anniversary of the Party’s founding.

“July 1,” as the Party’s birthday, first appeared in a central document in June 1941. At that time, the CPC Central Committee issued the “Directive on the Commemoration of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China and the Fourth Anniversary of the War of Resistance Against Japan.” The directive stated: “This year, July 1 marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and July 7 marks the fourth anniversary of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan. All anti-Japanese base areas should convene meetings, adopt various measures, and hold commemorative events, while also publishing special issues or supplements in their respective publications.” This was the first document issued in the name of the CPC Central Committee to designate “July 1” as the Party’s birthday for commemoration.

Thereafter, July 1 was officially established as the Party’s birthday, and the entire Party began to organize large-scale celebrations marking this occasion. Although the anniversary of the Party’s founding does not correspond to the exact date of the First National Congress, the glorious festival of July 1 has been deeply etched in the hearts of the Party and all the people of China, becoming an important annual commemorative event.

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