Chinese Communist Party

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding date?July 1, 1921
2. What is the current general secretary?Xi Jinping
3. What is the Chinese Communist Party and when did it start?The Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, is the only group that runs China. It began in 1921, inspired by ideas from the Russian Revolution.
4. Who were some leaders of the CCP and what ideas did they create?Mao Zedong was a key leader who changed communist ideas to fit China’s farms, creating “New Democracy” and later “Mao Zedong Thought.” Later leaders like Deng Xiaoping added “Reform and Opening Up” to mix markets with party control.

Marxism-Leninism: A political and economic philosophy advocating for a classless society achieved through revolution and state control.
Politburo Standing Committee: The highest decision-making body within the Chinese Communist Party, comprising its top leaders.
Reform and Opening Up: Deng Xiaoping's economic policies initiated in the late 1970s that introduced market reforms while maintaining CCP political control.