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Officials and global observers take part in the Vision China event in Jiaxing, East China's Zhejiang province, on June 20, 2021. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]

Officials and global observers underlined the importance of understanding the Communist Party of China, especially its history, after the Party led the Chinese people to achieve unprecedented success in various fields, including COVID-19 control and poverty alleviation, during its centennial journey.

Addressing the Vision China event organized by China Daily on Sunday in Jiaxing, East China's Zhejiang province, Zhu Guoxian, head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, said the Party has stood the test of history over the past 100 years and has written a spectacular chapter in the development of the Chinese nation and progress of human society.

The fact that the Party has grown from a small party of some 50 members into the world's largest ruling party with more than 91 million members, shows the advanced nature of the CPC, Zhu said.

In 1921, the CPC's founders convened the first National Congress of the CPC and announced the Party's founding on a small boat, which was later referred as the Red Boat, on Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing.

Sunday's event with the theme, "Long March from the Red Boat", was held 10 days ahead of the 100th anniversary of the CPC's founding.