Ideological And Political Work Of The Chinese Communist Party Yan Xishan Group (1934- 1936)

In the Anti-Japanese War, Shanxi as the strategic position, model province of Kuomintang-communist cooperation and the fight against the Japanese aggressors, the CCP and Yan Xishan "special form" united front which becomes a flag of the whole nation anti-Japanese united front, largely depend on the excellent tradition and political advantage of our party--the ideological and political work.The September18th incident broke out in1931, and then China dept into an unprecedented national crisis, of course, Shanxi was not spared. Yan Xishan’s admission which businessed for many years threatened seriously and he had to consider the future "existence". But at this time, the CCP gradually corrected the past "left" closed-doorism mistake, and according to the development and change in the objective situation, constantly adjusted policies and strategies. In final, they established the anti-Japanese national united front policy, and actively sought the breakthrough of cooperation with the KMT. After careful analysis, the CCP made the Kuomintang regional power group of Shanxi--Yan Xishan group as one of the main objects which we should strive for and unite. Between1934and1936, the CCP carried out the ideological and political work from various aspects, multi-channel launches:The Central Committee of the Party and Mao Zedong constantly sent letters, expressed the sincerity of cooperation, analyzed the current political situation, cleared the interest, suggested and persuaded Yan Xishan group to anti-Japanese; The northern bureau of the CPC central committee early sent underground party members Zhang Juanxuan, Xing Xiping and others to Beijing to give lectures, and after Liu Shaoqi served as secretary, he specially appointed the North China Union director Zhu Yunshan of "Chinese National Revolutionary Union" to contact with Yan, organized to rescue Bo Yibo and sent him back to Shanxi who specially do the united front work of the upper; The CCP also actively contacted Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng who were KMT patriotic, closely with Yan Xishan, in order to try to have the indirect effect of Yan Xishan group. Through the effective ideological and political work, the CCP eventually led to the establishment with Yan Xishan group for the Anti-Japanese National United Front. This paper which guided by historical materialism, bases on the detailed historical data, uses the relevant theories and research methods of the ideological and political work, systematically discusses the history background, development process, contents and methods about the ideological and political work of CCP and Yan Xishan group. And then we can give an overall evaluation about this great practice, summarize and generalize the outstanding achievements and important experiences about the ideological and political work of CCP to Yan Xishan group.