Pan Zinian’s Journal Practice in Publicity of the CPC’s Theories and Policies and His Historical Contributions: A Study Centering on Masses Weekly

Abstract

: The year 2023 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Pan Zinian, a red journalist of the Communist Party of China (CPC) who is praised by Mao Zedong as “the first newspaperman of the CPC”. At present, relevant studies on Xinhua Daily edited by Pan have been very in-depth in the academic circles, but there are relatively few studies on Masses Weekly , the only theoretical journal published by the Party in KMT-controlled areas, which he founded and served as the editor-in-chief and publisher (president). This paper is mainly about the hardship of Pan leading the comrades in the editorial department, under the leadership of the CPC and the command of Zhou Enlai, to edit and publish the journal in Nanjing, Wuhan, Chongqing and Shanghai