A Review of the 7th Party Congress: How the Yan'an Conference Pushed the Party Toward Maturity

On April 23, 1945, the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held at the Central Auditorium in Yangjialing, Yan'an, Shaanxi. The congress lasted nearly two months and brought together 755 delegates from different revolutionary base areas and regions, completing important historical tasks amid the war. This meeting summarized the Party's three fine work styles formed during its long struggle, clearly defined the political line of mobilizing the masses with full force, strengthening the people's power, winning the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and building a new democratic China, and also put forward a program for development in politics, the economy, culture, and other areas, as well as the goal of achieving industrialization. The article points out that the Party's Seventh National Congress promoted further ideological and organizational unity throughout the Party through the Yan'an Rectification Movement, and established the guiding position of Mao Zedong Thought in the Party. Today, the Yangjialing Revolutionary Site remains an important venue for red education and study tours, attracting cadres and the masses from all over to visit and learn, and the Yan'an Spirit continues to be passed down in the new era.