Xinjiang Branch of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party


The Xinjiang Branch of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was the principal authority of the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang Province following its incorporation into the People's Republic of China in 1949 until 1955.

History

A political agreement with the Coalition Government of Xinjiang Province, formed by the Nationalists and the former Second East Turkestan Republic, allowed the peaceful takeover of Xinjiang on September 25, 1949. On October 9, 1949, Peng Dehuai, the first secretary of the and commander and political commissar of the First Field Army, sent a telegram from Jiuquan to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party requesting guidance on the establishment of the CCP's leadership organs in Xinjiang and presented a list of recommendations. On October 12, the CCP Central Committee directed Peng Dehuai and Gan Siqi, the director of the Political Department, to propose the formation of a subbranch as a component of the CCP's leadership organs in Xinjiang, and consented to appoint Wang Zhen as secretary.
On November 7, 1949, the Xinjiang Branch of the CCP Central Committee was officially established. On October 1, 1955, the Xinjiang Branch was reinstated as the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the CCP.

Key officials


On June 28, 1952, Wang Zhen was dismissed from his primary CCP roles, administration, and military due to the Xinjiang Branch's operations in the pastoral regions. The restructured Xinjiang Branch comprised the following officials: