1st National Congress of the Kuomintang

thumb|Venue for the 1st National Congress of Kuomintang thumb|Building venue exterior The 1st National Congress of the Kuomintang (中國國民黨第一次全國代表大會) was the first national congress of the Kuomintang, held on 20–30 January 1924 at Guangzhou, Guangdong, Republic of China.http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=108 Kuomintang News Network Kmt.org.tw 1991-05-20 2014-05-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140709005024/http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=108 2014-07-09 Results During this first congress, the Kuomintang's reorganization process to become the Kuomintang of China (中國國民黨) in 1919 from the previous Chinese Revolutionary Party was formally completed.http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=105 Kuomintang News Network Kmt.org.tw 2014-05-11 2014-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140402135713/http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=105 dead A policy declaration was also drafted to fight against imperialism and feudalism, determining three policies of alliance with Soviet Union and alliance with the Chinese Communist Party in the First United Front. This first congress eventually led to the reunification of China four years later after the Northern Expedition.http://taiwanauj.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=147109&CtNode=103 Kuomintang 10th Congress and its mission of national recovery 2013-11-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20140512222016/http://taiwanauj.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=147109&CtNode=103 2014-05-12 dead As time progressed, the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) lost its grip on China and after its defeat on the Chinese mainland, the party retreated to Taiwan. From 1950 to 1952, the KMT underwent a thorough organizational restructuring. The result was a renewal of its Leninist origins from the previous reorganization in 1924.Dickson Bruce J. March 1993 The Lessons of Defeat: The Reorganization of the Kuomintang on Taiwan, 1950–52 The China Quarterly en 133 56–84 10.1017/S0305741000018191 155062712 0305-7410Myers Ramon H. March 2009 Towards an Enlightened Authoritarian Polity: the Kuomintang Central Reform Committee on Taiwan, 1950–1952 Journal of Contemporary China en 18 59 185–199 10.1080/10670560802575945 1067-0564 154681500 This came from the help of the Kuomintang Central Reform Committee. The Kuomintang Committee created a variety of direct or indirect controls over the government and society that gave it unquestioned dominance. This eventually led to the party interacting closely with the people on Taiwan as a result of the party recruitment and the implementation of local-level political reforms, two salient agendas that had never taken place in the mainland. See also Kuomintang References Category:1924 in China Category:1924 conferences Category:January 1924 in Asia Category:National Congresses of the Kuomintang Category:Politics of the Republic of China (1912–1949) Category:1920s political conferences