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Dec. 17, 1935
The Wayaobu Conference

The site of the Wayaobu Conference in Zichang county of Shaanxi province. [Xinhua]

The Wayaobu Conference refers to an important enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held on Dec. 17, 1935 at Wayaobu in Zichang county of Northern Shaanxi. Chaired by Mao Zedong, the conference examined the new changes in China's class relations, discussed the issues concerning a national united front, a national defense government, and the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, and concluded with a strategy for a national united front against Japanese aggression. A resolution of the CPC Central Committee on the prevailing political situation and the tasks of the party was adopted at the conference. It outlined the major tasks of the CPC, namely mobilizing, uniting, and organizing all revolutionary forces nationwide in the fight against Japanese imperialism.