What festival is July 1st?

July 1 day is the anniversary of the birth of China * * * Producers' Party, which is also the founding day. It was put forward by Mao Zedong in May of 1 938 that July is the anniversary of the birth of the Party. At that time, Mao Zedong put forward in the article "On Protracted War": "July 1 this year is the seventeenth anniversary of the founding of the China * * * Production Party." This is the first time that the leading comrades of the Central Committee clearly put forward that "July 1st" is the anniversary of the birth of the Party.

At that time, only Dong and I attended an important meeting in Yan 'an. They recalled that the first university was held in July, but they couldn't remember the exact date of the meeting. Due to the lack of archival materials, it is impossible to verify it for a while, so July of 1 is determined as the anniversary of the birth of the party.

As the anniversary of the party's birth, July 1st first appeared in the central document of June 194 1. At that time, the Central Committee of * * * issued the "Instructions on the 20th Anniversary of the Birth of China * * * Production Party and the 4th Anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression".

The instruction said: "July 1st this year is the 20th anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and July 7th is the 4th anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China. All anti-Japanese base areas should hold separate meetings, adopt various methods to hold commemorative meetings, and publish special issues or editions in various publications. " This is the first document made in the name of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to commemorate July 1 day as the anniversary of the birth of the Party.

Although the anniversary of the party's birth is not the specific date of the party's first congress, the glorious festival "July 1st" has been deeply engraved in the hearts of the whole party and people of all ethnic groups in China. It has become an important festival commemorated by people every year and a part of China festival culture.