Yan 'an is a world-famous revolutionary holy land in China. From 1935 to 1948, China and the Central Committee of Mao Zedong led and commanded War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation here, realizing the first historic leap of combining Marxism-Leninism with China, giving birth to Mao Zedong Thought and laying the cornerstone of People's Republic of China (PRC). Yan 'an spirit bred by Yan 'an is a great spiritual motive force for China's revolution and construction.
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Yan 'an is the base of China's production party and people's army. The industrious and brave people in the old liberated areas nurtured the China Revolution with their lives and blood. Yan 'an is the rear area of China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. In the case of extreme shortage of materials, the broad masses of soldiers and civilians launched a large-scale production campaign of self-help and ample food and clothing, which laid a material foundation for winning the revolutionary victory.
Yan 'an is the holy land of Mao Zedong Thought from its formation, development to maturity. Chairman Mao's series of representative theoretical works on the political line, military issues, party building issues and philosophical issues of the China Revolution were mostly written in Yan 'an.
Here, the Party's Seventh Congress established Mao Zedong Thought as the Party's guiding ideology. In the history of the * * * production party in China, the first historic leap of combining Marxism-Leninism with China's revolutionary reality was achieved in Yan 'an.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Yan 'an Spirit