Former Site of the Expanded Meeting of the Guangxi Special Committee of the CPC

Former Site of the Expanded Meeting of the Guangxi Special Committee of the CPC

The former site of the expanded meeting of the Guangxi Special Committee of the CPC is a classic red tourism attraction.

Former Site of the Expanded Meeting of the Guangxi Special Committee of the CPC

It is located on Rongxing Street in Guicheng Town, present-day Guigang City. The building is an ordinary two-story three-bay urban residential shop.

At the time, the owner Zhang Guocai was an underground member of the CPC, and the Party organization used the place as a secret liaison station. On June 16, 1928, the expanded meeting of the Guangxi Special Committee of the CPC was secretly held on the second floor at the back of the shop. The meeting was chaired by Deng Baiqi, Secretary of the Guangxi Special Committee, and attended by Yun Daiying, a member of the Central Committee, who provided guidance. The meeting elected 15 committee members including Zhu Xiangang, Deng Baiqi, Lei Jingtian, Dong Quanhan, Yu Shaojie, and Guo Jinshui, with Zhu Xiangang as Secretary and Dong Quanhan as Deputy Secretary.

The former site of the expanded meeting of the Guangxi Special Committee of the CPC is located at No. 46, Rongxing Street, Guicheng Subdistrict Office, Gangbei District, Guigang City. It was the home of the underground CPC member Zhang Guocai at the time. Situated at a crossroads and adjacent to the Yu River to the south, the location offered convenient transportation, and the Guangxi Party organization used it as a secret liaison station. The site is a two-story three-bay shop building with a brick-and-wood structure, covering an area of 150 square meters. From June 1 to 4, 1928, the expanded meeting of the Guangxi Special Committee of the CPC was held here, with over 10 representatives in attendance. Yun Daiying, a representative from the CPC Central Committee, provided guidance, and Deng Baiqi, Secretary of the Guangxi Special Committee, chaired the meeting. The meeting passed three resolutions, reorganized the Guangxi Special Committee, and elected 15 committee members including Zhu Xiangang, Deng Baiqi, Lei Jingtian, Dong Quanhan, Yu Shaojie, and Guo Jinshui. This expanded meeting systematically reviewed the lessons and experiences of the Guangxi Party organization since the failure of the Great Revolution, playing a significant role in strengthening the Party’s leadership, improving local organizations, and advancing revolutionary struggles across the province.

The site has now been turned into a memorial hall. In addition to a permanent historical exhibition (comprising four main sections: “Sparks Ignite the Southern Frontier,” “Red Flags Flutter Along the West River,” “Fighting the Enemy to Protect the Homeland,” and “Fighting Side by Side for Liberation”), there is also a long-term special exhibition titled “Monument of History – The Revolutionary History Exhibition of Guixian.” The total exhibition area covers 156 square meters, displaying nearly 100 revolutionary relics, photos, and textual materials, making the exhibits fairly comprehensive and rich.

On February 26, 1963, the People's Government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region designated the residence as a key cultural relic protection unit at the autonomous region level.

Zhu Xiangang (April 1887 – June 1929), courtesy name Shixing, also known by the aliases Zhang Zhixian, Lao Huang, Wang Ya’er, and Yi Kang. He was from Bobai County, Guangxi. Born into a family of teachers, he ranked first in the imperial examination at the age of 16. In the 33rd year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1907), he was admitted to the Guangdong Experimental School (later renamed Guangdong Higher Industrial School). During this period, he joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance and participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising on March 29 in Guangzhou. In the 3rd year of the Xuantong reign (1911), he returned to Guangxi. In the 1st year of the Republic of China (1912), he was appointed by the Guangxi Provincial Government as the deputy head of the Wuling Five Prefectures Education Corps… More details about Zhu Xiangang++

Deng Baiqi (June 1903 – October 1932), also known as Deng Gang, with aliases Teng Bo, Boqi, and Baixi. He was from Huaiji County, Guangxi (now Huaiji County, Guangdong Province). In the 6th year of the Republic of China (1917), he was admitted to Huaiji County Middle School. In the spring of the 11th year, he studied English at Pudong Middle School in Shanghai, and in the autumn, he was admitted to Xiamen University to study law. During the summer vacation of the 12th year, he was forced by his parents to marry Xie someone against his will. In July of the 13th year, he dropped out of school and went to Guangzhou to join the propaganda team led by the All-China Students' Federation, where he served as a group leader. Soon after, he joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League. In the 14th year… More details about Deng Baiqi++

Lei Jingtian (1904–1959), originally named Rongpu, with the courtesy name Jingtian. His father, Lei Zaihan, was a veteran of the 1911 Revolution in Nanning. Lei Jingtian was a leader of the May Fourth Movement in Nanning and later served as the head of the Political Department Propaganda Section at the Whampoa Military Academy. He personally experienced the “Three Greats” initiated by our Party, was wrongfully expelled from the Party three times, endured two Long Marches under a “black mark,” and later served as the president of the Higher Court of the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region. He was a true communist and a legendary revolutionary.

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On the 24th day of the fifth lunar month in 1904, Lei Jingtian was born in the Lei family home in Jintou Village, Nanning, Guangxi… More details about Lei Jingtian++

Dong Quanhan (1906–1929), from West Fifth Street, Guicheng Town. In 1924, he was admitted to the Second Provincial Middle School in Wuzhou. During the May Thirtieth Movement in 1925, he participated in Wuzhou students’ “Boycott of Enemy Goods Committee” to seal and burn British and Japanese goods. In the same year, he joined the Communist Youth League. In the autumn of 1926, he was admitted to the First Provincial Middle School of Guangdong Province. He engaged in revolutionary activities in Guangzhou and joined the CPC in the same year.

In December 1927, he was wounded during the Guangzhou Uprising. Later, the Party assigned him to carry out underground activities in Hong Kong and the Eastern Guangdong region. Soon after, he was sent back to the Guangxi Special… More details about Dong Quanhan++

Yu Shaojie (1907–1928), from Heshan County, Guangdong Province (now Gaohai County). He was a student of the third class at the Whampoa Military Academy. In October 1925, he joined the CPC. In March 1926, he was assigned by the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC to work in Nanning, Guangxi. In May, the Guangxi Party organization assigned him to serve at the headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army’s 16th Army stationed in Pingma Town (commanded by General Fan Shisheng), where he was appointed as secretary of the army headquarters’ political department. He was the first CPC member to carry out revolutionary activities in the Right River region. In June, teachers and students from Mingde Primary School in Linfeng Township went to Pingma Town to protest against corrupt officials and local tyrants… More details about Yu Shaojie++

Guo Jinshui (1903–November 1928), from Deqing County, Guangdong Province. Born into a poor farming family, he lost his father at a young age and became an apprentice at a leather shoe store in Wuzhou in his teens. In the spring of the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), Guo served as an executive committee member of the Wuzhou Shoemakers’ Union. In early 1926, he joined the CPC. After the “April 12” counter-revolutionary coup, he became the chairman of the Wuzhou Shoemakers’ Union, reorganizing the union, educating and assisting its members, and recruiting workers into the CPC. In the spring of 1927, he established the Wuzhou Shoemakers’ Branch of the CPC and served as its secretary.

In the 17th year of the Republic of China… More details about Guo Jinshui++

Guicheng Subdistrict: Guicheng Town is located in the central part of the Xunyu Plain, the largest in Guangxi, situated along the Xijiang River, and serves as the political, economic, and cultural center of both Guigang City and Gangbei District. The town covers an area of approximately 33 square kilometers, governs 11 community residents' committees, and has a current population of 62,000.

Known as the “Golden Waterway,” the Xijiang River, together with the Litang Railway and national and provincial highway trunk lines, runs through the town in all directions. It boasts the largest inland river port in South China, Mao’ershan Port, making it an important transportation hub in Guangxi and a prime location for investment and business throughout history.

Township… More details about Guicheng Subdistrict++