Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Chen Duxiu Biography and Timeline

Follow Chen Duxiu through 9 dated historical records for China.

Chen Duxiu, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

9Distinct records
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1915–1925Years on this page

1915

New Culture Movement

Shanghai · Politics / New Culture Movement

The magazine "New Youth" initiates the New Culture Movement, promotes science, democracy, and Vernacular Chinese literature. Chen Duxiu is one of the key figures in starting the New Culture Movement, publishing a journal called New Youth. He began with the intention of promoting individual freedom, science, democracy and the emancipation of women

New Youth

Shanghai · Politics / New Culture Movement

The magazine "New Youth" initiates the New Culture Movement, promotes science, democracy, and Vernacular Chinese literature. The magazine is started by Chen Duxiu in Shanghai on 15 September 1915 in Shanghai. Chen Duxiu is one of the key figures in starting the New Culture Movement, publishing a journal called New Youth. He began with the intention of promoting individual freedom, science, democracy and the emancipation of women

1919

Editor

Editor · Politics / Communist Party

Appointed co-editor of "New Youth", a student Marxist magazine

1921

Communist Party

Shanghai · Politics / Communist Party

The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted

Communist Party

Politics / Communist Party

The Communist Party of China is initially founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in the French concession of Shanghai as a study society and an informal network. Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao shift to the Left and are among the leading founders of the 1921 Communist Party of China

1922

Comintern

Party Leader of CP · Politics / Communist Party

The Chinese Communist Party joins the Comintern

Party Leader

Party Leader of CP · Shanghai · Politics / Communist Party

Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party

1923

Congress of Communist Party, 3rd

Party Leader of CP · Canton · Politics / Communist Party

3rd Congress of the Communist Party

1925

Congress of Communist Party, 4th

Party Leader of CP · Shanghai · Politics / Communist Party

4th Congress of the Communist Party

Records, sources and methodology

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