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About Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The meeting held here in July 1921 gives the house its historical significance within what is now Xintiandi.
Museum interpretation connects the founding event with the history of Shanghai and modern China. The house was the residence of Li Hanjun at the time of the meeting. Read the domestic building and the exhibition together: one establishes the physical setting, while the other explains the people and political context.
In 1950 a Shanghai Museum researcher, Shen Zhiyu, was tasked with locating the meeting site, then known only to have been somewhere in the former French Concession; the search was complicated by changes to the neighborhood since 1921. When found, the building was in use as a noodle shop. The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party began renting the site in September 1951 during a multi-year authentication process and purchased it in May 1952. Work to reconstruct the interior as it had appeared in 1921 continued until 1956, when it was finalized following an inspection by Dong Biwu confirming that the meeting had taken place in the downstairs rooms.
Plans for a large museum complex around the site were cancelled after the financial difficulties of the Great Leap Forward, though preparations for that approach later contributed to the scope of the surrounding Xintiandi district. In 1961 the site was designated a national cultural relic under state protection, the most important such designation in Shanghai. It closed to the public from 1966 to 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, and reopened in 1969. Its exhibits were substantially revised in 1980 to include CCP founders previously excluded, such as Chen Duxiu.
What to look for
- The preserved shikumen house supplies the meeting’s physical setting.
- Historical interpretation connects the July 1921 congress with Shanghai and the party’s founding.
Background & history
The Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is now preserved as a museum in Shanghai, China. It is located in Xintiandi, on 76 Xingye Road (formerly 106 Rue Wantz, in the Shanghai French Concession). It is located in the historical shikumen buildings in which the 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party took place during the month of July in 1921. The museum combines exhibits about the history of China, the history of the city of Shanghai, and the events relevant to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is a significant site for red tourism.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party · Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected introductory sentences; formatting simplified. Background information, not current visitor-service advice.
Location & getting there
Getting to Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Approach 76 Xingye Road in Xintiandi and confirm the visiting arrangement for the historic site and museum.
Combine your visit
A suggested sequence linking the specific features of this visit.
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Historic shikumen meeting site
Begin with the domestic architecture in which the congress met.
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Historical museum interpretation
Continue with the people and circumstances of the 1921 event.
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Xintiandi lanes新天地
Compare the protected site with the surrounding redeveloped district.
This order is editorial. Confirm access and any transfers between stops; it does not establish a walking route, same-day connection or common admission ticket.
Find Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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More places nearby
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Xintiandi新天地
Less than 1 km awayXintiandi is a redeveloped district of shikumen-style lanes around Madang Road. Traditional stone-gate house forms were adapted and, in places, reconstructed to accommodate restaurants, shops and other commercial spaces.
View guide →People's Square人民广场
Less than 1 km awayPeople’s Square occupies part of Shanghai’s former racecourse in Huangpu. Its transformation into a civic centre brought museums, theatres, fountains and public space into the middle of the city.
View guide →Shanghai Museum — People’s Square上海博物馆人民广场馆
Less than 1 km awayShanghai Museum’s People’s Square building is the branch on Renmin Avenue in central Huangpu. Its current programme is devoted to the Ancient Americas exhibition, scheduled from July 2026 to November 2027.
View guide →Sources & visit information
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- Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ↗
- English Wikipedia: Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (revision 1365462860, 2026-07-22) ↗
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1365462860.
Background paragraphs condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party", English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1365462860.