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Special Issue on CPC's 99th Anniversary       MONTHLY
99 Years of Glory: Highlights of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
 

The Founding of the CPC in 1921: The emergence of the CPC was an epoch-making event, which profoundly changed the course of Chinese history in modern times, the fate and future of the Chinese people and nation, and the direction and pattern of world development.   

The site of the first CPC National Congress held in 1921 in Shanghai.
The Red Boat where CPC founders convened a historic meeting in 1921 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province.

The Democratic Revolution in 1921-1949: The CPC rallied the Chinese people and led them in a 28-year struggle, during which they defeated the Japanese imperialist aggressors, overthrew the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, completed the new democratic revolution, and established the Peoples Republic of China. This contribution was significant because it put an end to the semi-colonial, semi-feudal society of the old China, the state of total disunity that existed in Chinese society at the time and the unequal treaties that were imposed on our country by foreign powers and to all privileges that imperialist countries enjoyed in China, thus bringing about a leap forward whereby China transformed itself from a millennia-old feudal autocracy to a people's democracy.    

The site of the Gutian Meeting convened in 1929.
A team of workers of the Beijing Hankou Rail way against Japanese invasion during 1937 to 1945. 

The Socialist Revolution and Construction in 1949-1978: This contribution saw through the broadest and most profound social transformation in the history of the Chinese nation, laid down the fundamental political preconditions and institutional foundations for all development and progress in contemporary China, and laid down a solid foundation for Chinas development, prosperity, and strength and the Chinese peoples affluence, thus bringing about a leap forward whereby the Chinese nation reversed its decline and set out towards prosperity and strength.    

The founding ceremony of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949.
China’s first domestic car brand Jiefang produced the first batch of trucks during the First Five-Year Plan (1953-57).
China exploded its first atomic bomb in 1964.

The reform and opening up in 1978: This contribution was significant because it blazed a new path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, formed the theoretical framework and established the system of Chinese socialism, allowing China to catch up with the times, and bringing about a leap forward whereby the Chinese people have gone from regaining dignity to becoming prosperous and strong.  

The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in 1978.
Xiaogang Village in Anhui Province, the cradle of China’s rural reform
A view of Shenzhen in 1985.
Hong Kong returned to China on July 1, 1997 under the “one country, two systems” policy
China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.
The opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The 2010 World Expo was held in Shanghai.
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