The Position of May Fourth Movement in Modern Chinese History

As an important turning point in China's modern history, the May Fourth Movement not only inherited the glorious tradition of patriotism inherited by China for thousands of years, but also possessed the essential progress and new characteristics of the times, which developed the patriotism of the Chinese people to a brand-new historical stage.

Since the May Fourth Movement took place under new social and historical conditions, it had some features that the old democratic revolution represented by the Xinhai Revolution did not have. The main ones are: it demonstrated the thoroughness of anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, reflected a genuine mass movement, and promoted the spread of Marxism in China and its integration with the Chinese workers' movement.

The May Fourth Movement is both a great cultural movement advocating democracy and science and ideological emancipation, and a great political movement against imperialism and feudalism, which has an extremely important historical position and great significance in Chinese history.