* Excerpt from a report at a conference of secretaries of provincial, municipal and autonomous region Party committees convened by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in Beidaihe, Hebei Province. Although Lenin enjoyed great authority at that time, the International made its decisions on the basis of democratic centralism, and there was a lively atmosphere in which the representatives of various Parties voiced their opinions freely.
But by the time these Parties grew up and matured, there was no longer any need for the Communist International to exist.ĭuring its initial days, the Communist International succeeded in expounding the theory and principles of Marxism-Leninism and in promoting worldwide development of the communist movement. There is no question that it was necessary to establish the Communist International, which played an important role in helping to form Communist Parties in various countries and in stimulating their growth. By that, he did not mean that everything was good during the first and third periods and nothing was good during the second. Comrade Mao Zedong once commented that the Communist International functioned well during the first and third periods, but not very well during the second. From its inception to its dissolution, the Communist International existed for 24 years (1919-43), which can be divided into three eight-rear periods. It was necessary to establish the Communist International and it was also necessary to dissolve it. I have been asked by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to speak on international relations, particularly the relations between the Communist International and the Chinese Communist Party. Zhou Enlai THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL AND
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