A chronicle of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China
(July 1921 to June 2021)
Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
In 1942
In early February, Mao Zedong successively gave lectures on "Rectifying the Study Style, Party Style, and Literary Style" (later renamed "Rectifying the Party's Work Style") and "Eight Shares of the Opposition Party," proposing to oppose subjectivism in order to straighten out the study style, oppose sectarianism to straighten out the party style, and oppose the eight shares of the Party to straighten out the style of writing. The rectification movement is generally carried out throughout the party.
In May, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a literary and art forum in Yan'an. Mao Zedong delivered a speech in which he expounded that revolutionary literature and art serving the people is first and foremost the fundamental direction of serving the workers, peasants, and soldiers.
From May to June, the anti-Japanese base areas in Central Hebei counterattacked more than 50,000 Japanese and puppet army "sweeps", annihilating more than 10,000 enemy personnel.
On September 1, the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee adopted the Decision on Unifying the Leadership of the Party in the Anti-Japanese Base Areas and Adjusting the Relations between Various Organizations, stipulating that the anti-Japanese base areas should exercise unified leadership of the Party, and that the central representative organs and Party committees at all levels should be the highest leading organs in various regions.
From 1941 to 1942, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, guerrillas, and militia fought more than 42,000 battles, killing and wounding more than 331,000 Japanese and puppet soldiers. The anti-"sweeping" struggle of the military and the people behind the enemy lines, which contained and eliminated a large number of Japanese troops, became the most important factor in China's persistence in the long-term War of Resistance, and was also a huge support for the world anti-fascist war.
Source | Communist Party Members' Network
Editing, Typesetting | Li Xiaojin