The former site of the Ningdu Uprising Headquarters is located on the banks of the Meijiang River in Ningdu County, Jiangxi Province.

Originally a church, the two-storied, brick and wooden structure was erected in 1916, covering about 394 square meters. The entire yard spans over some 2,040 square meters. The former site of the Ningdu Uprising Headquarters has been well preserved and includes an exhibition hall for the uprising.

In the spring of 1931, Chiang Kaishek dispatched the 26th Route of the National Revolutionary Army (adapted from the first troop of the Northeast Army) to carry out the suppression of the Red Army in Jiangxi Province. However, since 17,000 from the 26th Route were dissatisfied with the reactionary rule of the KMT and Chiang Kaishek's non-resistance policy towards Japanese imperialism, on December 14 of the same year they proclaimed an uprising in Ningdu County and joined the Red Army under the influence and instruction of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Later, the troop was reorganized to form the Fifth Army Group of China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

The Ningdu Uprising was the largest uprising led by the CPC during the Second Revolutionary Civil War and it achieved total success. The establishment of the Red Fifth Army Group augmented the Central Red Army's military strength.