Full coverage: 95 years of glory

The Shanghai building where the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its first national congress has undergone a major refurbishment and expansion. It will re-open July 1, in time for the Party’s 95th founding anniversary.

The brick-and-timber construction on the 76 Xingye Road in Shanghai is where CPC held the first National Congress in 1921. [Photo: zgyd1921.com]

On July 23, 1921, the first National Congress of the Communist Party of China was convened at this two-story building on the 106 Wang Zhi Road, or now the 76 Xingye Road in Shanghai. Thirteen people from across China attended the congress.

Thirty-one years later, the building was turned into a memorial. It has been developed since, and now, its exhibiting space has been expanded from 450 square meters to 1,000 square meters. Zhang Liming, the memorial curator, said it now has multimedia facilities and 120 new exhibits. There is also enough space to include boards profiling each of the 13 Chinese attendees of the meeting.

That includes materials related to Russian intelligence agent Vladimir Abramovich Neiman, a representative of the Communist International, who was among two foreigners at the CPC national congress.

Painting exhibition opens in Jinan

Meanwhile, a painting exhibition has opened in Jinan, in east China’s Shandong province to celebrate the CPC founding anniversary.

It features more than 100 paintings that review many moments in China’s recent history.

A painting exhibition has opened in Jinan, in east China's Shandong Province to celebrate the CPC founding anniversary.