Shanghai, the birthplace of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is where the Party’s original aspirations began and the great founding spirit was nurtured. The site of the First National Congress of the CCP marks the starting point of the Party’s dreams and serves as a spiritual home for its members. On July 23, 1921, the First National Congress of the CCP was held at 106 Wangzhi Road (now 76 Xingye Road) in Shanghai, officially establishing the Chinese Communist Party.
In September 1952, the site was restored and a memorial hall was established, opening to the public. In March 1961, the site was designated as a national key cultural relics protection unit. The CCP’s First National Congress Memorial Hall is directly under the Shanghai Municipal Propaganda Department. On June 3, 2021, the newly built CCP’s First National Congress Memorial Hall was officially completed. The upgraded Memorial Hall features a unique ‘one hall, three sites’ layout, with the newly opened exhibition hall as the central core, managing the site of the First National Congress of the CCP, the former dormitory site of the First National Congress (Bowen Girls’ School), and the former site of the CCP Delegation’s Shanghai Office (Zhou’s Residence), which are all national key cultural relics protection units. It is a red hall that narrates the story of the founding of the Party, highlights the original intentions, and interprets the great founding spirit. It houses over 128,000 pieces of collections from the Opium War to the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The new basic exhibition, ‘The Great Beginning – The Historical Exhibition of the Establishment of the Chinese Communist Party’, tells the story of the founding of the Party in a panoramic way, leading the audience to deeply understand the rich connotations of the great founding spirit. Opening hours: January 1st to July 31st, Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00-12:00, 13:30-17:00; September 1st to December 31st, Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00-12:00, 13:30-17:00; closed all day on Mondays during January 1st to July 31st and September 1st to December 31st; during New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day, open from 13:30-17:00 and 09:00-12:00; August 1st to August 31st, open from 09:00-12:00, 13:30-17:00.Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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