Xibaipo: "Catch the Test" Departure

The Hutuo River, which originated in Fanzhi County, Shanxi Province, flows through Pingshan County, Hebei Province, and turns a corner in the Taihang Mountains, surrounding a quiet village, which is Xibaipo.

On March 23, 72 years ago, the sun was shining on the Hutuo River. In front of and behind the Xibaipo Village, more than 10 large and small cars lined up ...... On this day, the Party Central Committee left Xibaipo for Beijing. Chairman Mao Zedong said that today is the day to go to Beijing to take the exam.
 

In the distance, the dawn of new China is lighting up

Today, 72 years later, under the warm winter sun, reporters are walking on the banks of Baipo Lake, Xibaipo Memorial Hall, the former site of the CPC Central Committee, Xibaipo National Security Education Center, Xibaipo Integrity Education Center, and the former site of the central ministries and commissions, etc. More than 10 red revolutionary memorial sites, like red monuments that never fade, stand on this colorful land.

Xibaipo, a small mountain village, became the leading center of the national revolution
 

On July 17, 1947, this was the fifth day of the official office of the Central Working Committee in Xibaipo. In an open space on the west bank of the evil stone ditch in the village, everyone built a cloth shed on an old house foundation at the end of the ditch, put a table and several stools on it, and placed them as a rostrum. There are no seats. More than 100 representatives use stones as stools and knees as tables. Some simply sit on the ground to participate in the entire meeting. In the past two months, the National Land Conference passed the Outline of China's Land Law. The draft has liberated hundreds of millions of farmers politically and economically.

In April 1948, Zhou Enlai and Ren Bishi led the front committee of the Central Committee to Xibaipo, and Ye Jianying led the rear committee of the Central Committee to arrive at the same time. The front committee, working committee and rear committee, which had been separated for a whole year, joined together again. On May 27, Mao Zedong arrived in Xibaipo by car. At this point, the central government completed the transfer from northern Shaanxi to Xibaipo. The small mountain village of Xibaipo became the leading center of the national revolution.
 

Between the sixth and seventh exhibition rooms of Xibaipo Memorial Hall, the two-sided telegraph corridor engraved with 37 telegrams attracted the attention of reporters. Touching the message on the wall, the ears seem to echo the sound of the telegraph one after another. More than 70 years ago, the sound of "Didi Dada" telegraph transmitted the strategic deployment from Xibaipo to the war fields in the north and south of the river, setting off the climax of the decisive battle.
 

From September 1948 to January 1949, during the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin, the Party Central Committee sent a total of 197 telegrams from Xibaipo. The People's Liberation Army has wiped out thousands of troops like a roll, creating a war miracle that wiped out nearly one Kuomintang division a day on average. The victory of the three major battles laid a solid foundation for the victory of the People's Liberation War in the whole country.
 

From "Six Provisions" to "Eight Provisions"
 

At the former site of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Xibaipo, there is a simple adobe house with an area of no more than a few tens of square meters. There is no amplification equipment in the house, and the seats are borrowed from a patchwork of different heights... This is the site of the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. 72 years ago, it was in this simple adobe house that the leadership of the Communist Party of China personally drew the grand blueprint of New China.

"To win national victory... we must ensure that our comrades continue to maintain the style of modesty and prudence, not arrogance or rashness, and that our comrades continue to maintain the style of hard struggle." In March 1949, in this conference room of tens of square meters, Chairman Mao Zedong warned the whole party in the face of the Chinese Communists who were about to be in power.

It was also here that in September 1948, the CPC Central Committee held the first enlarged meeting of the Politburo after withdrawing from Yan'an, the September meeting, which was a meeting of "setting rules. After the meeting, "the army is moving forward, production is one inch longer, discipline is strengthened, and the revolution is invincible" has become the action policy of the whole party and the whole army. A trend of strengthening discipline education was carried out in the party.
 

At the Xibaipo Memorial Hall, the reporter followed in the footsteps of the commentator and stopped for a long time in front of a display board. The red baseplate was written in large gold letters: "According to Mao Zedong's proposal, the plenary session made six regulations: 1. do not celebrate birthday; 2. do not give gifts; 3. less toast; 4. less clap their hands; 5. do not use people's names as place names; 6. do not put Chinese comrades in the same way as marnles."

Kang Yanxin, director of the research department of the Xibaipo Memorial Hall, said: "These six regulations are the iron rules set by the Chinese Communists before they 'go to Beijing to rush the exam'. After the 18th CPC National Congress, according to the new situation and new problems, the CPC Central Committee issued the 'eight regulations', which are in line with the 'six regulations' of the Xibaipo period, all reflecting the fine tradition of the Communists not forgetting their original intention, constantly improving their style and maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity."

In July 2013, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission came to Xibaipo, the sacred place of revolution, and pointed out in a discussion with county and village cadres and the masses, "When the Party Central Committee left Xibaipo, Comrade Mao Zedong said it was 'Come to Beijing for the exam '. More than 60 years have passed, and we have made great progress. The Chinese people have stood up and become rich, but the challenges and problems we face are still severe and complex. It should be said that the party's "rush for exams" is far from over.

Regarding how to inherit the "two musts" in the new era and how to implement the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era of Jinping, Sun Yingshuai, a researcher at the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that we must always keep in mind the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly and maintain the party and the people. The flesh-and-blood ties of the central government strictly implement the "Eight Regulations" and effectively solve the outstanding problems of formalism and bureaucracy in the style, we should implement the requirements of "being modest and prudent, working hard, seeking truth from facts, and serving the people wholeheartedly" in all aspects of performing our duties, so as to ensure that our party will never deteriorate and our red country will never change color.

The "examination" is still going on, and the spirit of Xibaipo is passed on from generation to generation.
 

Based on the deep red roots, the Xibaipo Memorial Hall has newly opened the Integrity Education Hall and the National Security Education Hall in recent years, and has continuously carried out party spirit training and education, becoming an important town for red education. Offer a bouquet of flowers, see a red exhibition, open a theme party day symposium, revisit a party oath ...... Since the establishment of the museum, Xibaipo Memorial Hall has received more than 80 million people from all walks of life, and the number of visitors has continued to rise.

"The Xibaipo spirit is the precious spiritual wealth of the Chinese Communist Party. We must consciously be good propagandists and practitioners, so that the Xibaipo spirit can be passed on from generation to generation." Xibaipo Memorial Party Secretary Jin Lixing said.

General Secretary Xi Jinping wrote back to all party members in Beizhuang Village, Xibaipo Town, Pingshan County, Hebei Province on February 7, emphasizing that unity is strength, this strength is iron, and this strength is steel. The century-old history of the Communist Party of China is a history of uniting and leading the people to work together for a better life, and the cadres and masses of Xibaipo have a deeper understanding of this. Pingshan County conscientiously implements Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, takes Xibaipo's red resources as the leader, combines the excavation and protection of red resources with industrial layout, project construction and global tourism, and makes an overall plan. make red resources become the carrier of Xibaipo's spiritual inheritance, and at the same time promote the economic development of backward mountainous areas.
 

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, all parts of the country have vigorously inherited and carried forward the spirit of Xibaipo, promoted economic and social development by leaps and bounds, won the battle against poverty, and won a decisive victory in building a well-off society in an all-round way.

"We are on a journey from achieving the 'two centenary years' goals to realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The 'examination' is still going on, and all leading cadres and all Party members should continue to do well in the people's 'examination' of our Party and the 'examination' that our Party is undergoing and will undergo various tests, and strive to deliver excellent answers." The general secretary's earnest instructions in Xibaipo have long reverberated in the hearts of the majority of party members and cadres.

Source: Guangming Daily