Events set to mark Party's centenary

Regulations forthcoming on protecting, using resources related to CPC history

Shanghai, the birthplace of the Communist Party of China, will host a series of events in the coming months to celebrate the 100 anniversary of the Party's founding, the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee announced on Thursday.

According to Zhou Huilin, head of the publicity department of the CPC Shanghai Committee, the Memorial of the Site of the First National Congress of the CPC will be open to the public before July 1, along with the kickoff on the same day of an exhibition featuring historical relics related to the Party's history.

The site hosted the initial session of the first CPC National Congress in July 1921, before the event was relocated to Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province. The congress approved the Party program, elected its central governing body and established the CPC.