Zhu De

Author: Documentation and Research Center of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
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Publish Date: 1996-12-01
Features: Zhu De was a great Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, and military strategist, an outstanding leader of the Communist Party of China, and one of the main founders of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic of China. During the armed struggle for the Chinese revolution to seize state power, Zhu De was Mao Zedong's close comrade-in-arms. "Zhu-Mao" became the banner of the Red Army and the symbol of the victorious struggle of the Chinese people against domestic and foreign reactionaries. Zhu De transformed from a patriotic and democraticist into a great communist. From a young age, he harbored the aspiration to save the nation and its people, took up arms, participated in the Xinhai Revolution to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, the War to Protect the Republic against Yuan Shikai's restoration of monarchy, and the War to Protect the Constitution against the Beiyang warlords. He was once a renowned general of the Yunnan Army. However, to seek the true path for China, he resolutely abandoned high-ranking positions and luxurious living, embarking on a arduous journey of exploration. In Germany, he finally joined the Communist Party of China and devoted himself unwaveringly to the liberation cause of the Chinese people, becoming one of the people's leaders who shine through the ages. Zhu De was not only a great military commander but also made significant contributions to the Chinese revolution and construction in many aspects. He consistently adhered to seeking truth from facts and linking theory with practice, proposing many valuable suggestions and proposals for the economic construction, national defense construction, scientific and cultural education of the new China, and made contributions to exploring a socialist construction path suited to China's national conditions.