On July 23, 1921, the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened in a small Shikumen-style building in the French Concession of Shanghai.

As the venue received the attention of spies and patrols in the French Concession, the last day of the meeting was transferred to a cruise ship on Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. After serious discussions, the meeting determined the name of the party as the "Communist Party of China" and passed the first program of the Communist Party of China.

  Looking back at the past, General Secretary Xi Jinping sighed: “The little red boat carries the greatest strength, sowed the fire of the Chinese revolution, and opened the cross-century voyage of the Communist Party of China.”