The Xinjiang Branch of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (Chinese: 中共中央新疆分局), or Xinjiang Branch of the CCP Central Committee, CCP Xinjiang Branch, served as the principal authority of the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang Province following its peaceful emancipation.[1][2]
History
Xinjiang was peacefully liberated on September 25, 1949. On October 9, 1949, Peng Dehuai, the first secretary of the CCP Northwest Bureau [zh] and commander and political commissar of the First Field Army, sent a telegram from Jiuquan to the CCP Central Committee requesting guidance on the establishment of the CCP's leadership organs in Xinjiang and presented a list of recommendations.[3] On October 12, the CPC Central Committee directed Peng Dehuai and Gan Siqi, the director of the Political Department, to propose the formation of a subbranch as a component of the CCP's leadership organs in Xinjiang, and consented to appoint Wang Zhen as secretary.[4][5]
On November 7, 1949, the Xinjiang Branch of the CCP Central Committee was officially established. On October 1, 1955, the Xinjiang Branch was reinstated as the CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee.[6][7]
Key officials
- Secretary: Wang Zhen, Commander of the First Corps[8]
- Deputy Secretary: Xu Liqing, Political Commissar of the First Corps[8]
- Secretary-General: Deng Liqun, Commissioner of the CCP Central Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Branch, head of the Publicity Department, secretary of the Youth Working Branch, and head of the Foreign Affairs Committee.[8]
On June 28, 1952, Wang Zhen was dismissed from his primary CCP roles, administration, and military due to the Xinjiang Branch's operations in the pastoral regions.[9] The restructured Xinjiang Branch comprised the following officials:[10]
- Standing Committee:[12]
- Burhan Shahidi (Chairman of the Xinjiang Government)
- Wang Zhen (Deputy Commander of the Military Region, Acting Commander)
- Gao Jinchun [zh] (Vice Chairman of the Xinjiang Government)
- Rao Zhengxi [zh] (Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the Xinjiang Branch, Head of the Organization Department, Secretary of the CCP Dihua Municipal Committee, Mayor of Dihua)[13]
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