No. 50 Zengjiayan

　　No. 50 Zengjiayan, also known as the "Former Residence of Zhou Enlai," is located on Zhongshan 4th Road in Yuzhong District. In the winter of 1938, after the CCP delegation moved from Wuhan to Chongqing, Comrade Zhou Enlai rented this building in his personal capacity to facilitate their work. It served as one of the main offices of the CCP’s Southern Bureau within the city. The small building is situated at the end of an alley, with the former residence of Dai Li, head of the Kuomintang’s Military Statistics Bureau, on the right, and a police station on the left. Back then, Comrade Zhou Enlai calmly carried out his work in this perilous environment surrounded by enemies, demonstrating the boldness and vision of a great leader.

　　Zhou Enlai (1898~1976)　　Zhou Enlai was a Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist, and diplomat. He was one of the principal leaders of the Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Republic of China, one of the founders of the People’s Liberation Army, and served as Premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 to 1976. Originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was born in Huai’an, Jiangsu. After graduating from Nankai School in Tianjin in 1917, he went to Japan to study. He returned to China in 1919, entered Nankai University in September, became a leader among Tianjin students during the May Fourth Movement, and co-founded the progressive group Enlightenment Society with other activists. In 1920, he went to France for work-study. In 1921, he joined... More+