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Chinese Communist Party Information
1st.
National Congress of
The Communist Party of China (CPC)
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Date:
July 23-31, 1921
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Venue:
First in
Shanghai
and later moved on board a boat on Lake Nanhu of Jiaxing County
(Zhejiang
Province)
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Number of Delegates:
12
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Party Membership: over 50
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Major Contents: The central task of the congress was to
discuss the question of officially establishing the Chinese
Communist Party. The congress adopted the first Party program
and decided on the name of the Party as the Communist Party of
China. It decided on the objectives of the Party as follows: to
overthrow the bourgeoisie by means of the revolutionary army of
the proletariat, to rebuild the country by the laboring classes
and to work for the ultimate elimination of class distinction;
to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat in order to
attain the objective of class struggle, that is, the elimination
of classes; and to abolish ownership by capitalists and
establish ownership by the entire society through confiscating
all the means of production. The congress also adopted the
Resolution on the Present Tasks, according to which the central
task of the Party after its founding was to get the working
class organized and to provide guidance to the workers'
movement.
The congress elected Chen Duxiu, Zhang Guotao and Li Da to form
the Central Bureau with Chen serving as its secretary.
(Source: People's Daily Online)
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Representatives of
the 1st Chinse Communist Party National Congress:
First row from left: Mao Zedong, Dong Biwu,
Li Da, Liu Renjing, Wang Jinmei, Chen Gongbo, Second row from left: He Shuheng, Chen
Tanqiu, Li Hanjun, Zhanng Guotao, Deng Enming, Zhou Fohai
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