The former site of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) Central Committee's Central Plains Bureau is situated in Zhugou
Town, 32 kilometers from the western city of Queshan County, Henan
Province.
In November 1938, during the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central
Conference of the CPC, the Central Plains Bureau was in
charge of the Party's work in Henan, Hubei, Anhui and
Jiangshu Province
north of the Yangtze River. Liu Shaoqi, Zhu Rui, Zhu Lizhi, Peng Xuefeng and
Zheng Wei, in the anonym of Hu Fu, stayed in Zhugou Town where the Henan
Provincial Party Committee was stationed temporarily. In January 1939, Liu
Shaoqi came to Zhugou
Town to direct the Anti-Japanese War in the Central
Plains.
The Central Plains Bureau eliminated Wang
Ming's opportunistic influence from the Party and Central Plains District
Military, and correctly implemented the Party's policy of an Anti-Japanese
United Front. The bureau also set up many kinds of training courses in
Zhugou Town that produced many revolutionary
leaders. It founded the Central Plains Bureau Press and published the Small
News Morning Newspaper and other publications. In November 1939, the bureau
moved to the east from Zhugou
Town in response to their
needs.
The site, which faces south, is a quadrangle
consisting of 12 rooms. The offices of the Central Plains Bureau and the old
residences of Liu Shaoqi, and others remain can be found. A memorial hall for
the revolution was also set up at the site.