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Former Site of the General Front Committee and the Third Field Army Headquarters

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The former site of the General Front Committee is located at No. 5, Baota Lane, Chenghe Road, Danyang. It is situated within the Dai Family Garden (residence of Dai Zejun) at No. 5, Baota Lane, Chenghe Road, Danyang. In the early days after the liberation, over 30,000 elites from the Party, government, military, and cultural sectors gathered in Danyang. Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and others directed the liberation of Shanghai and made preparations for taking over the city here. Chen Yi signed the first order of the Shanghai Military Control Commission here. To liberate Shanghai, Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi held multiple meetings here, formulating the strategy of "protecting the city while defeating the enemy," and planning a series of methods and steps for taking over Shanghai. After issuing the general offensive order on May 25, Chen Yi led the East China Bureau and the headquarters to Shanghai the next morning, liberating the city in just three days.

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The former site of the General Front Committee and the Third Field Army Headquarters is a Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit and a classic red tourism destination.

The former site of the General Front Committee is located at No. 5, Baota Lane, Chenghe Road, Danyang.

The Dai Family Garden (residence of Dai Zejun) at No. 5, Baota Lane, Chenghe Road, Danyang. In the early days after the liberation, over 30,000 elites from the Party, government, military, and cultural sectors gathered in Danyang. Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and others directed the liberation of Shanghai and made preparations for taking over the city here. Chen Yi signed the first order of the Shanghai Military Control Commission here. To liberate Shanghai, Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi held multiple meetings here, formulating the strategy of "protecting the city while defeating the enemy," and planning a series of methods and steps for taking over Shanghai. After issuing the general offensive order on May 25, Chen Yi led the East China Bureau and the headquarters to Shanghai the next morning, liberating the city in just three days.

The former site of the Third Field Army Headquarters is located at No. 46, Dongmen Street, Danyang.

On April 23, 1949, the People's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River, and Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Danyang were successively liberated. The Third Field Army Headquarters, led by Commander Chen Yi, moved into Danyang the next day and was stationed in the former residence of local gentry Hu Yinjie. It was a two-courtyard traditional Qing Dynasty tile-roofed house.

In April 1995, the former sites of the General Front Committee and the Third Field Army Headquarters were designated as part of the fourth batch of Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units.