CPC history in pictures (1): The founding
(CPC Encyclopedia)
Updated: 2011-07-29 14:51
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On July 23, 1921, the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held at 108 wantze Road (now 76 Xingye Road) in Shanghai.
Thirteen representatives - Mao Zedong, He Shuheng, Dong Biwu, Chen Tanglu, Wang Jinmei, Deng Enming, Li Da, Li Hanjun, Zhang Guotao, Liu Renjing, Chen Gongbo, Zhou Fohai and Bao Huiseng - attended the meeting. Two representatives sent by Comintern (the Communist International) also attended the meeting as non-voting delegates.
On July 30, the Congress was forced to suspend when a search by the police in the French concession for the meeting place came precariously near, and had to move to Jiaxing in Zhejiang province, where it resumed and had its last day's meeting on a pleasure boat on the South Lake.
The First National Congress of the CPC, after adopting the Party's program, passing the resolution on the Current Work and electing the Central Bureau of the Party, proclaimed the founding of the Communist Party of China.
This undated photo shows the former venue of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai. It was then the residence of Li Shucheng, the elder brother of Li Hanjun, a representative to the Congress. [Photo/cpc.people.com.cn]
A family photo of Li Shucheng after China won the War of Resistence against Japanese Aggression. After the founding of new China, Li Shucheng served as the Minister of Agriculture. [Photo/Chutian Metropolis Daily]
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