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STUDIES ON PARTY AND GOVERNMENT
No. 5 2025
( Bimonthly) ( Serial No. 194)
The Great Practice of the CPC in Seizing the Historical Initiative: Insights from the War of Resist
ance Against Japanese Aggression YANG Yan - Hong SUN Wei 4
〔 Abstract〕The Communist Party of China has seized historical initiative throughout its century - long great prac
tice, among which the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is a glorious example. To fulfill its histori
cal mission,the CPC forged its strong central leadership through historical initiative in ideology,strategy and
politics. To rally the main force of the people, it took root in the people’ s war through historical initiative in po
sitioning,policy and organization. To grasp the national contradiction,it established the united front for resist
ance against Japan through top - level design,strategic acumen and political blueprint. To leverage the interna
tional trend, it expanded its international space through active communication, seeking foreign aid, and strength
ening cooperation. The CPC’ s four - dimensional interactive pattern of historical initiative within the Party, be
tween the Party and the masses,among different parties and in the international arena interprets profoundly its
outstanding political wisdom and strong practical responsibility, demonstrates vividly the significant contributions
to winning the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and advancing China’ s historical process. It pro
vides important historical lessons for the CPC to enhance its historical initiative,recognize changes,respond to
changes,and seek changes in the century - long journey of great changes,while also creats a new situation for
the development of the Party and the country.
〔 Key words〕The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression,The Communist Party of China,Historical
Initiative,Great Practice
From Apathy to Awakening:A Study on the Public’ s Political Identification with the Communist
Party of China in the Jin - Cha - Ji Border Region During the Total War of Resistance Against Ja
pan ZHANG Zong - Lan LIANG Da - Wei 13
〔 Abstract〕Through sustained political mobilization, the Communist Party of China ( CPC)built popular politi
cal identification,a critical means by which it established and consolidated the Anti - Japanese base area in the
Jin - Cha - Ji ( Shanxi ! Chahar ! Hebei)Border Region and led resistance behind enemy lines during the
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression ( 1937 ! 1945) . At the outset of the all - out war, KMT forces
on the North China front crumbled and governance unraveled,while public attitudes toward resistance were
largely indifferent—creating a political - identification void in Jin - Cha - Ji. Responding to this,the CPC
opened up the base area and,following the Anti - Japanese National United Front’ s class analysis,made poor
peasants,hired laborers,and middle peasants the core constituencies for cultivating identification. It did so by
integrating residents into mass organizations ( organizational mobilization),raising political consciousness and
cultural literacy ( ideological mobilization), securing material livelihoods ( economic mobilization), and encoura
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