Research On The Wenzhou Independent Party Branch(1924—1927)

Wenzhou independent party branch(WIPB) was the earliest party organization in the south of Zhejiang, which mainly did the following things after its establishment. Firstly, strengthened self-construction.Secondly, encouraged workers, famers, women and students to devote themselves to the revolutionary movements. Thirdly, cooperated with Kuomintang leftists. And finally, fighted with Xishan conference faction and green gang in the south of Zhejiang. WIPB was destructed by the Kuomintang rightists after the counter-revolutionary coup of 12 th April1927.However, this organization aroused the revolutionary consciousness of people in the south of Zhejiang, developed the leadership of the revolution and had left profound influences in this area.Many scholars have got significant achievements in the research of WIPB and her revolutionary movements. These achievements include themovements of the workers and peasants which were under the leading of the WIPB and the fight with Kuomintang rightists. This thesis tries to expand the scope of historical materials and adopts a new theoretical method on the basis of the existing academic achievements. It mainly includes the following parts.The first chapter explores the social conditions before the establishment of WIPB which is regarded as the prerequisite of this study.After the investigation of the social contradictions and the state of workers, famers and intellectuals ’minds, the author holds that Intellectuals are earliest main body of members of WIPB,WIPB is not the product of intensified class contradiction, but the great achievement of the spread of marxism.The second chapter discusses the establishment and self-construction of WIPB.The author analyzes the advantages of Xie wenjin’s establishment of party and league in Wenzhou, pointing out that the CPC central committee had considered the social environment in this area when they spread the revolutionary spirit. The organization system of WIPB and the work of party member development and secrecy are inspected to illustrate the party strengthening self-construction constantly.The third chapter elaborates the main revolutionary movements of WIPB. The author investigates the workers, famers, women and students’ work which were developed by the party branch, and discusses thecooperation with Kuomintang leftists and the fight with Xishan conference faction. The cooperation between the Kuomintang and the communist party was the mainstream in Wenzhou before the counter-revolutionary coup of 12 th April 1927. The author explores the fight between WIPB and the green gang in the south of Zhejiang, holding that the party branch, on the one hand, counterattacked the destroy action of green gang, and on the other hand, educated the members of it.The fourth chapter discusses the destruction of Kuomintang rightists towards WIPB. The process of the counter-revolutionary coup of Kuomintang rightists in Wenzhou is discussed in this chapter. It is thought that WIPB as an early local party organization showed its immaturity in the combats. This chapter sums up the lessons and points out the party organizations in the south of Zhejiang stepping into maturity after learning these lessons.The fifth chapter analyzes of WIPB’s status and role, including aroused revolutionary consciousness of people in the south of Zhejiang,laid the foundation continue to carry out revolutionary organization,training the backbone of revolution, leaved precious spiritual legacy.