A Study On The Work Of The Chinese Communist Party In Running Newspapers During The Revolutionary Period

Paying attention to the work of running newspapers is a fine tradition of Marxist political parties,and it is also an important magic weapon for the Communist Party of China to achieve continuous victories in various periods.The revolutionary period is a key period in the glorious course of the Communist Party of China for a hundred years.Through the study of the history of newspapers led by the Communist Party of China during the revolutionary period will not only help us to comprehensively grasp the basic theoretical outline,historical development track and system operation mechanism of the newspaper work led by the Communist Party of China during this period,but also help us to more accurately understand the harmonious construction of the relation between the Party and the masses during the revolutionary period.It provides an important reference for the better development of the propaganda work of the Communist Party of China in the new era.It is for this purpose that this paper takes "Research on the work of the Communist Party of China in running newspapers during the revolutionary period—Taking the development of The Paper of Border Area People as an example" as the research topic.Tracing the historical trajectory of The Paper of Border Area People from its establishment to development,to transformation and then to freeze-frame." It will further reveal the "way" of the evolution of The Paper of Border Area People from a "Border Area Tabloid" to a"large-scale daily newspaper" and decipher the key code that keeps the newspaper from growing.During the revolutionary period,the work of the Communist Party of China in running newspapers is not a tree without a source of water,but has a profound theoretical origin and a solid practical foundation.During the revolutionary period,the thoughts of the people’s newspapers and periodicals,the workers’ newspapers and periodicals,and the Party newspapers of the classical Marxist writers provided important guidelines for the development of the Communist Party of China’s newspaper work and some practical explorations of the Communist Party of China leading the work of newspapers laid an important foundation for the Party’s newspaper work.This paper is firmly based on the Marxist standpoint,viewpoint and method.It not only actively tries to find the "source" from the classical works,but also makes great efforts to find the "basis" in the historical documents.By comprehensively using the research methods of literature research,combining with macro research and micro research,consistent with logic and history,a more systematic analytical framework for the study of the The Paper of Border Area People is established to present the basic face of this newspaper.From the perspective of the logic of running a newspaper,as a newspaper with distinctive characteristics and clear positioning,The Paper of Border Area People has a systematic logic of running a newspaper.That is,always adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China as the fundamental principle of running newspapers;Always adhere to the organizational power as the endogenous driving force of newspaper running;Always adhere to political mobilization as an important goal of newspaper work;Always insist that running a newspaper for the masses as the basic line of running a newspaper.The logic of The Paper of Border Area People is a unique and rigorous systematic logic.It is an important content and key link to promote the revolutionary development and strengthen the self-construction of the Communist Party of China.It is different from the western capital centered newspaper running logic with Chinese characteristics.It is precisely such a scientific and rigorous and systematic newspaper-running logic that effectively supported The Paper of Border Area People to realize the great historic transformation from germination to development to transformation,which has made great contributions to the development and growth of the Communist Party of China and the final victory of the revolution.From the track of historical development,The Paper of Border Area People has experienced four periods from its initial establishment to its final development.The period from March 1940 to April 1942 was its initial establishment period.At that time,the relatively stable political environment in Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region,the objective requirements of promoting the popularization of Marxism,and the practical needs of striving for the leadership of revolutionary culture called for the historical appearance of this newspaper.As the name suggests,The Paper of Border Area People insists that the newspaper serves the masses and insists on working hard and writing articles on the word "mass".This newspaper played an important role in the historical process of unity and mobilization for the Anti-Japanese War and was affectionately called "our newspaper" by the people in the border area.It was developed from April 1942 to April 1947.After Yan’an Rectification Movement,The Communist Party of China has achieved unprecedented unity in ideology,organization and politics.It has not only truly incorporated the Party’s journalism into the Party’s organizational system,but also further explored the working principle of the whole Party and the masses run newspapers.Mobilize the whole party and the masses of workers and peasants to truly participate in the running of the newspaper.While realizing the "resonance of the same frequency" between the Party newspaper and the Party,we have successfully blazed a new road of "everyone running,everyone reading" to run the newspaper.April 1947 to May 1949 was its transition period.At that time,the comprehensive civil war between the KMT and the CPC forced Jiefang Daily to stop publication and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region urgently needed a daily newspaper for the whole border region.In a special period of this war,The Paper of Border Area People was ordered in the face of danger,changed the original idea of running the newspaper,expanded the scope of publicity and played the role of Jiefang Daily in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.It has gradually changed from a border area tabloid facing farmers and grass-roots cadres to a large daily facing middle and senior leading cadres,ushering in its own important transformation period.May 1949 to October 1954 was its finalization period.With the successive liberation of all parts of the country and the need for the Communist Party of China to take over the old regime,establish a new regime,restore and develop the urban economy,It was an inevitable move to adapt to the revolutionary development at that time to "embed" news organizations into cities as an important "link" between the Party and the people.With the successful entry of North-West Bureau of Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party into Xi’an,the Communist Party of China has opened a new stage of running newspapers in the city,and The Masscs Daily has officially become a large-scale daily based in the city.From the perspective of experience in running newspapers,as a characteristic tabloid,The Paper of Border Area People has its valuable historical experience in the revolutionary era.First,the newspaper always adheres to the leadership of the Communist Party of China,implements the principle that the Party newspaper is named after the Party and firmly grasps the correct political direction;Second,the newspaper always adheres to the people-centered position of running a newspaper and runs this value concept throughout,drawing infinite wisdom and strength from the masses;Third,the newspaper has always paid attention to talent training,which has provided a solid talent support for the smooth development of the Party’s newspaper work,and so on.These are the valuable experience of the development and growth of The Paper of Border Area People and also an important password for its success,which provides a lot of useful enlightenment for better carrying out the work of the Party’s propaganda work in the new era.