Yeping Tourist Scenic Area

　　   Ruijin Yeping Red Tourism Scenic Area is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit, located in Laocun Village, Yeping Township, Ruijin City, about 6 kilometers from the city center. Yeping is the birthplace of the Chinese Soviet Republic. In the second half of 1933, to forever commemorate the Red Army soldiers and other revolutionaries who sacrificed their lives during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Provisional Central Government constructed a group of commemorative buildings. After the Long March of the Red Army, these structures were demolished by the Ruijin authorities. After the founding of New China, the destroyed buildings were rebuilt, and damaged revolutionary sites were restored. In 1959, the state allocated special funds to build Yeping New Village, relocating residents from the old village, and surrounding the old area with walls to form the Yeping Key Cultural Relics Protection Zone, which was then opened to the public. The site complex preserves the original appearance of the Soviet Area period to the greatest extent possible. From the mid-to-late 1990s to the present, more than ten national ministries, commissions, offices, and bureaus have visited to trace their roots, restore the sites, and establish their own bases for revolutionary tradition education and patriotic education. To enrich visitors' experiences, the site complex features regularly scheduled performances of red-themed songs and dances, as well as participatory activities such as dressing in Red Army uniforms and learning to craft small bamboo handicrafts.

　　   The Women’s Living Conditions Improvement Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic was established in April 1932, with Zhou Yuelin as director, and Jin Weiyin and Fan Luchun as members, along with several staff members. There were no departments set up, and it served as the leading body for women's work under the Soviet government.

　　   Its mission was to liberate women, organize their participation in the revolutionary struggle and governance, and improve and elevate their living standards and social status. After the Long March of the Red Army in October 1934, the former site of the Women’s Living Conditions Improvement Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic was damaged by -military forces. In June 2005, the All-China Women’s Federation allocated special funds to restore the site to its original appearance.

　　   The Central Guard Unit was originally organized at the company level. In September 1931, it moved here along with the Central Bureau of the Chinese Soviet Area and the headquarters of the First Front Army of the Red Army, tasked with security duties. In November 1931, after the establishment of the Chinese Soviet Republic, central party, government, and military institutions and their departments were successively established and improved, leading to increased guard responsibilities.

　　   As a result, in July 1932, the Central Guard Company was expanded into the Central Guard Battalion. In April 1933, the Central Guard Battalion moved to Shazhouba, Ruijin, along with the central authorities. This former site is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

　　   The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) Executive Bureau in the Soviet Area was the local branch of the ACFTU in the Soviet Region and the highest leadership body for labor movements there. It was formally established in February 1931 in Futian, Ji’an, Jiangxi Province, and relocated to Ruijin in July via Xingguo. The main tasks of the ACFTU Executive Bureau in the Soviet Area were to organize workers from all walks of life in the Soviet Region into trade unions, launch mass movements, leverage the leading role of the working class, implement the worker-peasant alliance to unite against enemies, and defend and expand the Soviet Region.

　　   Established in Ruijin in April 1933, it was under the jurisdiction of the Central People's Commissariat of National Economy. Its primary task was to manage foreign trade matters in the Soviet Region, striving to break the -economic blockade imposed on the Central Soviet Region, ensuring regular exchanges of products within the Soviet Region with goods from outside, and eliminating the scissors difference between agricultural and industrial products.

　　   The Central Printing House was established in Yeping in November 1931, with Chen Xiangsheng as factory director and Yang Qixin as deputy director. It had departments including Materials, General Affairs, Letterpress Printing, Lithography, Typesetting, Editing, Engraving, Paper Cutting, Bookbinding, and Type Foundry. At that time, the machinery and equipment were rudimentary, with the letterpress department having a total of five machines—four of which were old—mainly printing newspapers and magazines such as Red China, Struggle, and Soviet Workers, as well as some revolutionary books and leaflets. In April 1933, the Central Printing House moved to Dongkeng Village, Duanzinao, Shazhouba, and in July 1934, it relocated again to Xinwu Village, Yanbashan, along the dam.

　　   From November 7 to 20, 1931, the First National Soviet Congress was held here, attended by 610 delegates. During the meeting, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic was proclaimed, and important resolutions such as the Outline of the Constitution of the Chinese Soviet Republic, the Land Law, the Labor Law, and economic issues were passed. The First Central Executive Committee was elected. On the 27th, the Central Executive Committee elected Mao Zedong as chairman and formed the People’s Committee under his leadership.