"7. 1 birthday party"

7. 1 as the origin of the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s birthday

The first national congress of China * * * production party was held on July 23rd, 192 1 year, and the birthday of the party was July 23rd, 1 year. Why don't the two times coincide? Why did July 1 become the birthday anniversary of the party?

After the establishment of China * * * Production Party 192 1 year in July, due to the cruelty of the struggle, there was no condition to organize unified activities to commemorate the party's birthday for a long time. Until 1936, when the China * * * production party was founded 15 anniversary, Comrade Chen Tanqiu, the main representative of the party, published the article "Recalling the First Congress" in the seventh volume of the Moscow * * production international magazine to commemorate the birth of the party. This is the earliest article commemorating China's * * * production party. This article is based on the specific month of the opening ceremony, not the specific date of the opening ceremony.

Taking July of 1 year as the birthday of China * * * production party was put forward by Comrade Mao Zedong in May of 1938. At that time, Mao Zedong put forward in the article "On Protracted War": "July 1st this year is the 17th anniversary of the founding of China * * * Production Party". This is the first time that the leading comrades of the Central Committee clearly put forward that "July 1st" is the anniversary of the birth of the Party.

At that time, only the two founders, Dong, attended an important gathering in Yan 'an. They recalled that their freshman year was held in July, but they couldn't remember the specific date of the meeting. Due to the lack of files, it is impossible to verify them at the moment, so July of 1 year is determined as the birthday anniversary of the party concerned.

July 1 day, as the birthday of the party, first appeared in the central document 194 1 in June. At that time, the * * * Central Committee issued the "Instructions on the 20th anniversary of the birth of China * * * Producers' Party and the 4th anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression". The instruction said: "July 1st this year is the 20th anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and July 7th is the 4th anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China. All anti-Japanese base areas should hold separate meetings, adopt various methods to hold commemorative meetings, and publish special issues or editions in various publications. " . This is the first document formulated in the name of the Central Committee to commemorate July 1 day as the birthday of the Party.

Since then, the whole party has begun to hold large-scale activities to commemorate the party's birthday. And set "July 1st" as the party's birthday.

It was not until the end of 1970s that the party history workers clearly verified the first opening date of the party. According to the newly discovered historical materials and the results of textual research, people determined that the date of the first national congress was 192 1 July 23rd. After the date of the first congress was verified clearly, some comrades asked whether the anniversary of the party's birth should be changed accordingly. At that time, the central leading comrades thought that it was unnecessary to change the anniversary of the party's birth, because it was different from the opening and closing dates of the party. Although the anniversary of the party's birth is not the specific date of the party's first congress, the glorious festival "July 1st" has been deeply engraved in the hearts of the whole party and people of all ethnic groups in China. It has become an important festival commemorated by people every year and a part of China festival culture.