1On August 7th, 927, Mao Zedong, with great political courage, put forward the famous conclusion that "political power comes from the barrel of a gun" at the August 7th meeting, the highest meeting of the Party, held in Hankou, Hubei Province, combined with the national conditions of China at that time.

That is, there is no democracy in China, and revolutionary armed struggle is the main form, which is determined by the characteristics of China's national conditions. Starting from the background of "political power comes from the barrel of a gun", this paper analyzes the significance of this famous assertion in ancient and modern times, and tells that in this era, it is emphasized that the whole party "should attach great importance to military affairs and know that political power comes from the barrel of a gun." ?

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Historical background

Mao Zedong pointed out in his speech that one of the mistakes made by the CPC Central Committee was that it did not know the extreme importance of the army. He stressed that the whole party "should attach great importance to the army and know that political power comes from the barrel of a gun."

This is determined by the characteristics of China's national conditions, that is, there is no democracy in China, and revolutionary armed struggle can only be the main form. Only by mastering its own armed forces can the proletariat oppose counter-revolutionary armed forces with revolutionary armed forces and seize national political power.

Mao Zedong's opinion pointedly pointed out the experience and lessons of the failure of the Great Revolution, and also pointed out the correct direction for the basic road of the China Revolution. This passage later became the slogan of the party's action to create, lead and master the people's armed forces and fight.

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