Ningdu Conference

The Ningdu Conference (simplified Chinese: 宁都会议; traditional Chinese: 寧都會議; pinyin: Níngdū Huìyì) was a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party held in the Bangshan Ancestral Hall (榜山祠) in the village of Xiaoyuan (小源), Ningdu County, Jiangxi Province. The meeting took place in early October 1932 (possibly October 3–8[1]), shortly after the successful repulsion of the Nationalists' third encirclement campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet by the communist forces.

However, the conference also exposed deep ideological and strategic differences within the party, particularly between Mao Zedong and Chen Duxiu, who favored a more urban-based and intellectual-led approach. This led to Chen's resignation from his leadership position in the party and marked a turning point in the party's history.

The conference led to a shift in the tactics of the People's Liberation Army from guerrilla warfare to mobile, conventional tactics.[2] Along with this shift in tactics, the conference resulted in Mao Zedong's removal from his leadership positions of military.[2] He was replaced as commissar of the army by Zhou Enlai.[2] Mao was not restored to central leadership until the Zunyi Conference during the Long March (in January 1935).

In the decades following the conference, the Ningdu Conference became an important symbol and reference point for Maoist ideology and the revolutionary history of the Communist Party of China.

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References
  1. Stuart R. Schram (ed.): The Pre-Marxist Period, 1912-1920, Volume 1, M.E. Sharpe, 1997, page 58
  2. Larry M. Wortzel; Robin D. S. Higham (1999). Dictionary of contemporary Chinese military history. ABC-CLIO. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-313-29337-5.


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