The much-anticipated Memorial Hall of the 3rd National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has largely been completed, and is due to open on July 1.

The Memorial Hall is equipped with advanced technological services, such as voice navigation and guiding, electronic sand table and map, movie and video viewing, and online browsing.

In July 1922, the Communist International accepted the proposal of its representative to the CPC, Ma Lin (H.J.F.M Sneevliet - a.k.a. Maring), regarding cooperation between the CPC and Kuomintang (KMT). On July 18, the Communist International issued a directive to the CPC Central Committee, which was typed with an English typewriter on Ma Lin's silk shirt.

The Memorial Hall displays a regional map which shows that at the time of the CPC 3rd National Congress, Guangdong had 183 party members (including 45 in Guangzhou), accounting for 44 percent of nationwide party membership. And, that by 1926, the jurisdiction of the CPC Guangdong Regional Committee included CPC organizations in Hong Kong, Guangxi, South Fujian, Yunnan and Southeast Asia as well as Guangdong.

The Memorial Hall exhibits a large number of historic documents and pictures which illustrate the proceedings of the CPC 3rd National Congress. The Memorial Hall displays a full list of delegates to the congress, supported by substantial historic records. The list shows that the CPC's initial leaders, including Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao and Mao Zedong, all attended the congress. However, due to a lack of pertinent information, historically, there has always been some dispute over the attendance and delegates present at the 3rd Congress.

The CPC's 3rd National Congress resolved various disputes concerning CPC-KMT cooperation in the early days of the CPC, achieving a consensus on this issue, and established strategies and guidelines for future CPC-KMT cooperation.

Editor: Yan