Brief introduction of May 30th Movement

The May 30th Movement was a great mass anti-imperialist patriotic movement, which greatly improved the national people's consciousness and organizational strength, prepared the mass base for the Northern Expedition, and pushed the national revolution to a climax, thus opening the prelude to the 1925- 1927 China Revolution. As Deng Zhongxia, the famous leader of the workers' movement, said, "After the May 30th Movement, Wang Yang was swept away in the climax of the revolution, which constituted the China Revolution from 1925 to 1927".

2. Background

1925 65438+ 10, the fourth national congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) raised the issue of proletarian leadership in the democratic revolution and decided to strengthen the party's leadership over the workers and peasants' mass movements. After the Fourth National Congress, revolutionary mass movements, especially the anti-imperialist struggle of the working class, developed rapidly.

1925 Since February, nearly 40,000 workers in 22 Japanese cotton mills in Shanghai have gone on strike one after another, opposing the beating and unreasonable dismissal of workers by Japanese capitalists and demanding higher wages. The Central Committee specially organized a committee to lead the strike 2.

3. Influence

The anti-imperialist struggle of the people of China has been widely sympathized and supported by international revolutionary organizations, overseas Chinese and people of other countries. A demonstration of 500,000 people was held in Moscow to support the May 30th Movement of the people of China and to donate money for workers in China. Around the world, overseas Chinese from nearly 65,438+000 countries and regions held rallies to raise funds to support the May 30th Movement. 1On June 7th, 925, more than 30 workers' groups in Japan gave a grand speech, determined to support workers' groups in China and protested to the Japanese government and capitalists. The British working class took active action to stop ships, boats and vehicles from transporting arms to China. The May 30th Movement became an anti-imperialist struggle with extensive international influence.

The May 30th Movement dealt a heavy blow to imperialism, played a great role in the awakening of the Chinese nation and the development of the national revolutionary movement, greatly improved the consciousness of the people of China, and opened the prelude to the climax of the Great Revolution. China * * * Producer Party got great training in leading the May 30th Movement, trained and brought up a large number of cadres, and the Party's organization also developed greatly, summing up valuable experience in the struggle practice, which laid the foundation for the Party to lead large-scale mass struggles in the future.