The Study On The Kuomintang Headquarter Of Hunan Provincial From1912to1931

Recent research on the history of Kuomintang(KMT) party activities and the operation of the politics at the local level and the interaction between party and local society are rare. It is the weak link in the study of the Kuomintang party history whereas an important point and base to understand and know the overall situation and foundation of Kuomintang. The dissertation chose the Kuomintang party headquarters in Hunan province from1912to1931as the main research object, figured out the rise and development of Kuomintang in Hunan province during the course on the basis of making full use of historical data, such as library archives, newspapers, local Chronicles and so on.The dissertation examined the Kuomintang headquarter’s party activities, including organization construction, propaganda, training, exposed the actual operation situation of Kuomintang in Hunan province from1912to1931.Therefore described the interaction of Kuomintang provincial party organization and local society, and the transformation of party activities in different periods.At the same time, it also deeply discussed some relevant important problems of Kuomintang party in Hunan province such as the relationship between party-government, inner disputes in Kuomintang party as well as the similarities and differences between Kuomintang and The communist party of China.Taking party and the party’s governance as a whole, the dissertation not only paid attention to the Kuomintang party headquarters party governance in Hunan province, but also the Kuomintang party-government Party Rule system’s rooting in regional social Hunan provincial party headquarters’s actual operation. Through the case study of the Kuomintang party in Hunan province, the dissertation explored the actual conditions and limitations of the Kuomintang party politics at the grassroots level as to trigger deeper thinking. Thus we can gain a more objective and clear knowledge and understanding of the history of the Kuomintang party.In addition to introduction and conclusion, there are four chapters in this article altogether. The first chapter mainly examined the Kuomintang Hunan branch origin and related activities. After the Revolution of1911, jointing the other parties, original Chinese Revolutionary League Hunan province branch was ordered formed the Kuomintang Hunan branch. After the party branch established, it planed and prepared the first parliament and local council electoral planning in early Republic of China, founded the newspapers and magazines to Concerned to Hunan local construction and frontier crisis. During the two revolution, the Party branch fighted and struggled against Yuan shikai.The second chapter emphasized in the course of reconstruction of the party organization in Hunan province and the establishment of the KMT-CPC cooperation in Hunan province and the first Kuomintang provincial conference, the second Kuomintang provincial conference successively convened in Hunan, then revaluated the KMT-CPC cooperation in Hunan province. Under the background of the KMT-CPC cooperation, on the one hand the Kuomintang party headquarters in Hunan province promoted the construction of the party system of Hunan province, on the other hand launched and carried out the peasant movement, labor movement, and merchant movement. In National revolution period, Kuomintang party organization in Hunan province had been established under the assistance of the Communist Party of China basically. Though was called the Kuomintang, it contained the thinking and features of the Communist Party of China."Not to be worthy of the name" was the basic characteristics of the Kuomintang party headquarter in Hunan province in this period.The third chapter discussed the Kuomintang headquarter in Hunan province during the transition period. After the KMT-CPC cooperation divided, in the post-period of national revolution, the Kuomintang party in Hunan province was in chaos and turmoil. The Kuomintang rescue party committee, Provincial party reorganization committee of Hunan province, the guidance of the party committee had established one after another. They purified party meanwhile committed to the reorganization and reconstruction work of the party. Due to lack of funding, internal strife and conflict, a formal provincial party headquarter had not been able to established. Until the autumn of1931,the third Kuomintang provincial conference was convened, official Kuomintang party headquarters in Hunan province party had been founded by elections at last.Basing on the elaboration of above chapters, the fourth chapter discussed some important problems of the Kuomintang party headquarter in Hunan province in the reconstruction and development period, mainly involving comparative analyzing the difference between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, such as the organizational line,member training, discipline, funds, party-military relations and youth organization construction and so on. This chapter also discussed party-government relationship between the Kuomintang party organizations at all levels and the relevant local governments of Hunan province and inner disputes of the Kuomintang party in Hunan province and its subordinate party organizations.