General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that studying history to understand principles, enhance confidence, uphold virtue, and practice, studying Party history, comprehending thoughts, doing practical work, and opening new situations are exactly what every Party member with a fervent original aspiration should do. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, XCMG launches the "Daily Study of 100 Years of Party History" column, through sections such as "Party History Micro-film," "Party History Q&A," "Party History Review," and "Historical Moments," to tell the red memories contained in the century-old Party history, draw experience and wisdom, understand the original aspiration and mission, and accumulate strength to move forward.


Party History Review

1932
April 20 The Eastern Route Army, composed of the First Red Army Corps and the Fifth Red Army Corps, captured Zhangzhou, capturing more than 1,600 enemy soldiers, seizing over 2,000 guns, two aircraft, and large quantities of other military supplies, and raising substantial funds.

1934
April 20 Proposed by the Communist Party of China and signed by 1,779 people including Song Qingling, He Xiangning, and Li Du, the "Basic Program of the Chinese People for the War Against Japan" was published, calling on the Chinese nation to arm itself for self-defense and drive Japanese imperialism out of China. In May, the General Association of the Chinese National Armed Self-Defense Committee was established in Shanghai.

1945
April 20 The enlarged Seventh Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China discussed and adopted the "Resolution on Certain Historical Issues." The "Resolution" summarized the historical experience since the founding of the Party, drew conclusions on several major historical issues; focused on criticizing the "Left" deviationist leadership represented by Wang Ming during the Agrarian Revolutionary War in political, military, organizational, and ideological aspects; highly praised Mao Zedong's outstanding contribution to solving Chinese revolutionary problems by applying Marxism-Leninism; systematically summarized a complete set of theories, lines, principles, and policies suited to the reality of China's democratic revolution; and clearly pointed out that the policy of "learning from past mistakes to avoid future ones and curing the sickness to save the patient" should be adhered to for comrades who have made mistakes. It was an important achievement of the rectification movement, enabling the whole Party, especially senior Party cadres, to achieve unity on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, and made full ideological preparations for the convening of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

1956
April 20 - May 10 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened the National Conference of Advanced Producers. The purpose of the conference was to further develop the nationwide movement of advanced producers, making it a powerful driving force for the development of China's socialist economy, and to ensure the early and overfulfillment of the First Five-Year Plan.

1957
April 20 The State Council issued the "Instructions on the Eradication of Schistosomiasis." Previously, Mao Zedong had repeatedly stated that schistosomiasis must be eradicated.

1966
April 20 The completion and water diversion ceremony of the Red Flag Canal in Lin County, Henan Province, was held. To change the poverty caused by water shortage, Lin County organized tens of thousands of laborers and began construction of the Red Flag Canal (formerly known as the "Diverting Zhang River to Lin County" project) in February 1960. After hard work, the main canal was opened to water on April 5, 1965, and the three branch canals were completed simultaneously in April 1966. The Red Flag Canal has been hailed as one of the two great miracles created by New China.

2013
April 20 A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Lushan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, causing major losses to local lives and property. Xi Jinping immediately issued instructions, requiring every possible effort to rescue the affected people, minimize casualties, and went to the disaster area to guide earthquake relief work. Under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission, the vast number of military and civilian personnel fought unitedly and won victory in the earthquake relief struggle.

2016
April 20 Xi Jinping inspected the Joint Operations Command Center of the Central Military Commission, emphasizing the need to strive to build a joint operations command organization that is absolutely loyal, good at planning warfare, efficient in command, and brave and sure to win, and to build a strategic and campaign command system that integrates peacetime and wartime, operates normally, specializes in main responsibilities, and is lean and efficient, providing strong support for realizing the Chinese Dream and the dream of a strong military.

2018
April 20-21 The National Cybersecurity and Informatization Work Conference was held. In his speech, Xi Jinping emphasized the need to keenly seize the historical opportunity of informatization development and independently innovate to advance the building of a cyber power.


　　On April 20, 1932, the Eastern Route Army composed of the First Red Army Corps and the Fifth Red Army Corps captured Zhangzhou. The picture shows the troops after the capture of Zhangzhou.