World · East Asia & Pacific · 10 hrs ago
A 1931 proclamation marked the start of the Chinese Soviet government
In 1931, China's Soviet government issued its first proclamation in Ruijin, Jiangxi, setting out its aims and policies.
The proclamation appeared in the first issue of Red China, a newspaper that recorded the new government’s work.
The government said it represented workers, peasants and other groups facing poverty and oppression.
Its policies included land for farmers, protections for workers, education for children and greater rights for women.
The newspaper also reported public proposals, local services and criticism of officials, showing how the government presented its efforts to address people’s needs.
A current retrospective revisits these records as part of the 95th anniversary of the government’s founding and links them to development in southern Jiangxi today.
Revolutionaries gathered in Ruijin on November 7, 1931, and declared the establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic’s provisional central government.
The government’s Central Executive Committee issued its first proclamation on December 1, setting out the new government’s policies and tasks.
The proclamation was printed in the first issue of the newspaper Red China, published in December 1931.
The article describes the proclamation as an important record of the Soviet region’s early government and its stated commitment to workers, peasants and other oppressed people.
- Who
- Revolutionaries declared the Chinese Soviet Republic’s provisional central government. Its Central Executive Committee issued the first proclamation.
- What
- The government’s establishment was declared, and its first proclamation set out its policies and tasks.
- When
- The government was declared on November 7, 1931. The first proclamation was issued on December 1, 1931.
- Where
- Ruijin, Jiangxi, China.
- Why
- The proclamation stated the government’s goals, including working for the interests of oppressed and exploited people.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Revolutionaries gathered in Ruijin and declared the establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic’s provisional central government.
The Central Executive Committee issued the government’s first proclamation.
The first issue of Red China printed the full text of the proclamation.
- Government declared
- Chinese Soviet Republic’s provisional central government
- Declaration date
- November 7, 1931
- First proclamation
- Issued December 1, 1931
- Newspaper
- Red China
- Location
- Ruijin, Jiangxi
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What people are saying
The Chinese Soviet Republic is the state of the broad masses of exploited and oppressed workers, peasants, soldiers and laboring people.
Its flag is to overthrow imperialism, eliminate the landlord class, overthrow the Kuomintang warlord government, and establish a Soviet government throughout China.
Every Soviet should put these issues in people’s lives on its agenda; they should be discussed, resolved, carried out and checked.