What does the December 29th Movement symbolize?

The December 29th Movement marked the arrival of a new climax of China people's anti-Japanese democratic movement.

The December 29th Movement publicly exposed the plot of Japanese imperialism to invade China and annex North China, which dealt a blow to the policy of compromise and surrender of the Kuomintang government and greatly promoted the awakening of the people of China. It cooperated with the Red Army's northward anti-Japanese war, promoted domestic peace and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and marked the arrival of a new climax of China people's anti-Japanese democratic movement.

The December 29th Movement "is a movement to mobilize anti-Japanese, prepare ideas and cadres, and mobilize the whole nation".

Event result

The Congress passed eight resolutions, opposing the Jicha Government Affairs Committee and any pseudo-organization in North China, demanding to stop the civil war, unite with the outside world, recover the lost land in Northeast China, and strive for anti-Japanese and patriotic freedom.

After the rally, the procession rushed to the diplomatic building at the mouth of Dongjiaomin Lane, where the Jicha Government Affairs Committee was scheduled to be established, and held a general demonstration. The motorcade went to the front door and was stopped by a large number of police and security teams. After repeated representations by student representatives, the military and police allowed the parade to enter the inner city in batches from Qianmen and Xuanwu Gate. In Xuanwumen, patriotic students were brutally suppressed by thousands of military and police, twenty or thirty people were arrested and nearly 400 people were injured.

The anti-Japanese and national salvation demonstrations of Peiping students dealt a heavy blow to the traitorous activities of the Kuomintang government and forced the establishment of the Jicha government committee to be postponed. The December 29th Movement won the support and response of the people of the whole country. Patriotic students in Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Xi, Kaifeng, Jinan, Taiyuan, Changsha, Guilin and Chongqing held petitions, rallies and demonstrations.