How to Calculate the Party Age of "Glory in the Party for 50 Years"

Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Issuance of the" 50 Years of Glory in the Party "Commemorative Medal", which pointed out that the Party Central Committee decided to issue the "50 Years of Glory in the Party" commemorative medal for the first time in 2021. Party members who have reached the 50th anniversary of their party membership on July 1, 2021 and have consistently performed well.

How is the party age of a party member calculated? Article 7 of the Party Constitution stipulates that "the party age of a party member shall be counted from the date on which he becomes a full party member at the end of the preparatory period." According to this, the party members who can win the "50 Years of Glory in the Party" commemorative medal in 2021 should be comrades who became full party members before July 1, 1971.

　The Calculation Method of Party Ages in Different Periods(from the party building reading book publishing house "the development of party members work manual")

In the history of the party, the time of joining the party and the provisions of the preparatory period are not the same in each period. Therefore, in different periods, the calculation of party age also has different situations.

July 1, 1921 to June 9, 1923: the time of joining the party is the date approved by the higher party committee, there is no preparatory period, and the party age starts to be calculated at the same time.

June 10, 1923 to April 26, 1927: the time of joining the party is the date when the party committee at a higher level is approved as a probationary party member, and the party age is counted from the date of becoming a full member (the date of becoming a full member is equal to the time of joining the party plus the preparatory period, the preparatory period for workers is 3 months, and the preparatory period for non-workers is 6 months).

From April 27, 1927 to June 17, 1928: The time for workers, farmers, handicraftsmen, shop assistants, and soldiers to join the party is the date approved by the higher party committee. There is no preparatory period, and the party age begins to be calculated at the same time; the time for intellectuals and freelancers to join the party is The date of approval by the higher party committee, the preparatory period is 3 months, and the party age starts from the date of confirmation.

From June 18, 1928 to April 22, 1945: the time of joining the party is the date approved by the higher party committee, there is no preparatory period, and the party age starts to be calculated at the same time.

April 23, 1945 to September 14, 1956: the time of joining the party is the date of approval by the higher party committee. The preparatory period for workers, coolies, farm labourers, poor peasants, urban poor and soldiers is 6 months; for middle peasants, employees, intellectuals and freelancers is one year; for other personnel, the preparatory period is two years. Party age is counted from the date of confirmation.

September 15, 1956 to March 31, 1969: The time for joining the party is the date when the branch assembly is accepted as a probationary party member (subject to approval by the higher party committee). The probationary period is one year, and the party age is counted from the date of confirmation.

From April 1, 1969 to August 11, 1977: the time of joining the party is the date approved by the higher party committee, there is no preparatory period, and the party age starts to be calculated at the same time.

From August 12, 1977 to September 5, 1982: The time of joining the party is the date when the higher-level party committee approves as a probationary party member. The probationary period is one year, and the party age is counted from the date of confirmation.

From September 6, 1982 to the present, the time for joining the party is the day when the branch assembly is accepted as a probationary party member (subject to the approval of the higher party committee). The probationary period is one year, and the party age is counted from the date of confirmation.

After the rights of a Party member are restored, the Party age of a Party member who has been detained for probation shall be counted continuously. The party age of a party member whose probationary period has been extended shall be counted from the date on which he is approved as a full party member after the expiration of the extended probationary period. The calculation of the party age of comrades who have lost their party membership for a period of time due to various reasons should be handled according to different circumstances: for those who have been decided by the party organization to restore their party membership for this period of time, their party age should be counted from the date when they were originally approved as full party members. For those who have been approved to re-join the Party and have a preparatory period, their party age shall be counted from the date on which they become full members at the end of the preparatory period. If there is no preparatory period for rejoining the party according to the relevant documents, the party age shall be counted from the date when the party committee at a higher level decides to rejoin the party, and the previous period of party age cannot be counted continuously.

Source: Communist Party Network