who created the chinese communist party?
China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation
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 The Communist Party of China ( CPC ) is the founding and ruling political party of the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) . The CPC is the sole governing party of China , although it coexists alongside eight other legal parties that comprise the United Front . It was founded in 1921 , chiefly by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao . The party grew quickly , and by 1949 the CPC had driven the Kuomintang ( KMT ) government from mainland China after the Second Chinese Civil War , thus leading to the establishment of the People 's Republic of China . The CPC is currently the world 's second largest political party with a membership of 88 @.@ 76 million as of 2016 . 

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 The first leaders of the People 's Republic of China were born into the traditional imperial order , but were influenced by the May Fourth Movement and reformist ideals . They sought to change some traditional aspects of Chinese culture , such as rural land tenure , sexism , and the Confucian system of education , while preserving others , such as the family structure and culture of obedience to the state . Some observers see the period following the establishment of the PRC in 1949 as a continuation of traditional Chinese dynastic history , while others claim that the Communist Party 's rule has damaged the foundations of Chinese culture , especially through political movements such as the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s , where many aspects of traditional culture were destroyed , having been denounced as " regressive and harmful " or " vestiges of feudalism " . Many important aspects of traditional Chinese morals and culture , such as Confucianism , art , literature , and performing arts like Peking opera , were altered to conform to government policies and propaganda at the time . Access to foreign media remains heavily restricted . 

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 The Chinese Revolution , directed by Mao Zedong and the CPC , led to the establishment of the ( PRC ) in 1949 . The PRC was founded on Marxist – Leninist principles , or more precisely , the sinification of Marxism – Leninism ( officially known as Mao Zedong Thought , referred to in the West as Maoism ) . During the 1960s and 1970s , the CPC experienced a significant ideological separation from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . By that time , Mao had begun saying that the " continued revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat " stipulated that class enemies continued to exist even though the socialist revolution seemed to be complete , leading to the Cultural Revolution . 

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 Unhappy over what he perceived to be an obstruction of the course of the Cultural Revolution , Mao returned to the capital in the spring of 1966 , and the Central Committee formally announced the dissolution of the " Five Man Group " in its May 16 Circular : 

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 The CPC has its origins in the May Fourth Movement of 1919 , during which radical ideologies like Marxism and anarchism gained traction among Chinese intellectuals . Li Dazhao was the first leading Chinese intellectual who publicly supported Leninism and world revolution . In contrast to Chen Duxiu , Li did not renounce participation in the affairs of the Republic of China . Both of them regarded the October Revolution in Russia as groundbreaking , believing it to herald a new era for oppressed countries everywhere . The CPC was modeled on Vladimir Lenin 's theory of a vanguard party . Study circles were , according to Cai Hesen , " the rudiments [ of our party ] " . Several study circles were established during the New Culture Movement , but " by 1920 skepticism about their suitability as vehicles for reform had become widespread . " 
