Chapter 31 2. Overview of the early publications of the Communist Party of China

In the summer of 1920, Chen Duxiu established a communist group in Shanghai. In September, he moved the "New Youth" magazine to Shanghai and published it as his own official publication, systematically introducing Marxist theory and the situation of the Russian Revolution. In November of the same year, he founded the The "Communist Party" monthly, as its own semi-public organ publication, focuses on introducing the experience of the Russian Communist Party and Lenin's theory of party building, and has become an important reading material for members of communist groups in various places.

When the Communist Party of China was established in 1921, it immediately paid attention to book publishing.With the establishment of communist groups in various places, more publications were created to promote Marxism-Leninism for the workers, including "Labor World", "Friends", "Labourers", "Labor Voice", etc.In order to guide the labor movement, the National Labor Organization Secretariat published "Labor Weekly" (renamed "Worker Weekly" in May 1922). On September 13, 1922, the Communist Party of China began to publish its official publication "Guide" weekly in Shanghai, and a total of 201 issues were published until July 18, 1927.Cai Hesen served as the editor-in-chief and wrote more than 120 articles for the journal, making positive theoretical contributions. In June 1923, the quarterly "New Youth" was republished in Guangzhou, and it was suspended until December 1924. There were four issues before and after, with Qu Qiubai as the editor-in-chief and main writer.As a theoretical organ publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the main content is to promote the theory of Marxism-Leninism and study the program and strategy of the Chinese revolution. On July 1, 1923, "Pioneer" was established as the official publication of the Communist Party of China. It was published in Guangzhou in name but actually in Shanghai.Qu Qiubai used to be the editor-in-chief, and Chen Duxiu, Zhang Tailei, Xiang Jingyu, etc. often wrote articles in the journal.The content is mainly to analyze and discuss the problems of the Chinese revolution, and there are three issues.

The semi-monthly "Herald" is the official newspaper of the Chinese Socialist Youth League. From January 1922 to August 1923, a total of 25 issues were published.After the publication ceased, the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China established the weekly "China Youth" in Shanghai on October 20, 1923. By October 1927, a total of 147 issues had been published.Communists such as Yun Daiying, Xiao Chunv, Deng Zhongxia, Lin Yunan, and Li Qiushi successively served as chief editors.It actively cooperates with the publications of the Communist Party of China to promote Marxism, the Communist Party of China's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal revolutionary program and the strategy of the revolutionary united front, comment on major political events at home and abroad, and guide young people in revolutionary struggles.Played an important role in propagating Marxism-Leninism, educating and uniting young people to participate in the revolution.

The "Party Journal of the Communist Party of China", published on November 30, 1923, is the first internal party organ publication of the party.It is an indeterminate periodical, with a small scope of distribution, and the content is mainly to publish internal party documents and reports. In order to strengthen the dissemination of revolutionary books and periodicals and introduce Marxist-Leninist classics, the New Youth Club, People's Publishing House and Shanghai Bookstore were established successively. The New Youth Society was established by the Shanghai Communist Group in 1920. It has published many classics of Marxism and Leninism, such as "Class Struggle" (translated by Yun Dai in English), "Introduction to Leninism" and so on.

People's Publishing House was established on September 1, 1921 by the Communist Party of China.According to the requirements of the "One Congress" resolution, Li Da, who is in charge of the party's propaganda work, was in charge of the party's propaganda work, and compiled and published "The Complete Works of Marx", "The Complete Works of Lenin", and "Cumminister Series" in Shanghai and Guangzhou respectively, including " Manifesto of the Communist Party, Das Kapital (preface to the first edition), Program of the Communist Party of Russia, etc.

Shanghai Bookstore was founded in 1923 by the Communist Party of China in Shanghai.It is dedicated to the dissemination of Marxism-Leninism and anti-imperialist and anti-feudal propaganda. It has published "Introduction to Social Science" (by Qu Qiubai), "A Brief Introduction to Marxism", "Anti-Imperialist Movement" and so on. More than 30 magazines such as "Guide", "New Youth", "Pioneer" and "China Youth" are also issued by the store. During this period, the "Cultural Publishing House" founded by Mao Zedong in Changsha and the "Liqun Bookstore" founded by Yun Daiying in Wuhan were both party publishing organizations. In November 1926, the "Yangtze River Bookstore" was established in Wuhan to publish and distribute revolutionary books and periodicals and to promote Marxism.Although it only exists for half a year, there are more than 50 new and reprinted books and periodicals, including Mao Zedong's famous "Investigation Report on Hunan Peasant Movement".

Since Sun Yat-sen accepted the suggestion of the Communist Party of China to reorganize the Kuomintang and implement the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the publication of revolutionary books and periodicals has made greater development. The workers’ newspapers and periodicals newly established during this period included “Chinese Workers”, “Young Workers”, “Labour Weekly”, “Shanghai Workers”, “Agricultural Workers Weekly”, “Railway Workers”, etc. Various.Their main task is to guide the labor movement, unite and educate the working class, and clarify that the working class is the main force and leader of the Chinese democratic revolution.

At the same time, various local organizations of the Communist Party of China successively established their own organ newspapers.For example, "Political Life" in Beijing, "People's Weekly" in Guangdong, "Warrior" weekly in Hunan, "Mass" weekly in Hubei, and so on.These publications and the "Guide" weekly constitute the party's propaganda system from the central government to the localities, greatly strengthening the propaganda of Marxism-Leninism and the party's principles and policies, and strengthening the relationship between the party and the broad masses of the people.

On June 10, 1925, the first daily newspaper of the Communist Party of China - "Hot Blood Daily" was published in Shanghai, with Qu Qiubai as the editor-in-chief. During the climax of the provincial and Hong Kong strikes, the official newspaper of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions "Workers' Road" was published on June 24, 1925, and a total of 553 issues were published until January 21, 1927, which was the first time The longest-running labor publication of the Civil Revolutionary War era. In the process of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Kuomintang established a variety of newspapers, such as Shanghai "Republic of China Daily", Guangzhou "Republic of China Daily" and "Politics Weekly", Wuhan "Republic of China Daily", "Central Daily", "Chuguang Daily", and Beijing "Republic of China Daily" Republic of China Daily, Hunan's Xinmin Daily, Jiangxi's Republic of China Daily and Zhejiang Weekly, etc., were mostly in the hands of the Communists and the leftists of the Kuomintang, and became reactionary propaganda against the rightists of the Kuomintang, defending Sun Yat-sen's three major policies, and safeguarding revolutionary unity A powerful weapon on the front line.

The period of the Northern Expedition was a period of vigorous development of revolutionary newspapers.The newly established workers' publications include "Revolutionary Workers" (sponsored by the Central Workers' Department of the Kuomintang), "Hunan Workers", "Shanxi Workers", etc., which were founded by the workers' departments of the Kuomintang's provincial and municipal party departments.The provincial and municipal federations of trade unions founded the following publications: Hunan's "Workers' Herald" and "Workers' Pictorial", Jiangxi's "Workers' Herald", Hubei's "Workers' Herald", "Workers' Pictorial", Shanghai's "Pingmin Daily", Guangzhou's "Workers' Road" "Wait.In addition, there are "Chinese Seamen", "Print Workers", "Journal of Mechanical Trade Unions", etc.

In order to publicize and mobilize the revolutionary movement of the peasants, in January 1926, the Central Peasant Department of the Kuomintang established the monthly "Chinese Peasants". As a monthly magazine with a theoretical nature, it discussed many issues in the peasant revolution.There were Mao Zedong's "Analysis of the Various Classes of Peasants in China and Their Attitudes to the Revolution", "Analysis of the Various Classes in Chinese Society", Li Dazhao's "Land and Peasants", Peng Pai's "Report on the Haifeng Peasant Movement", Lin Zuhan's "Hunan Revolution". Published important articles such as "The Land Issue".At the same time, the Guangdong Provincial Farmers Association edited the weekly "Plowshares".In July of the same year, the Central Peasant Department founded the weekly "Peasant Movement".In addition, there are "Red Women's Magazine" about the women's movement, "Chinese Students" about guiding the student movement, and "Working Youth" about guiding the youth of workers and peasants.