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The former site of theHubei-Henan-Anhui Border Revolutionary Base lies on No 62 Zhongyuan Road in the city ofXinxianCounty (formerlyXinjiTown),HenanProvince.

Originally, a rich landlord's family residence stood at the site with seven Chinese buildings containing more than 60 rooms. In 1913 and 1932 respectively, the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Provincial Party Committee were quartered there.

With developments and expansion, by April 1930, the Hubei-Henan Border Revolutionary Base, the Southeast Henan Revolutionary Base and the Western Anhui Revolutionary Base -- all established in November 1927 in theDabieMountains-- joined together to form the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Revolutionary Base. In 1931, the Red Army occupiedXinjiTownof theXinxianCountybecoming the political, economic and cultural center of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Revolutionary Base.

In May 1931, the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Branch of the Central Committee of the CPC and the Revolutionary Military Commission were founded inXinjiTown. In July of the same year, the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Provincial Workers' and Peasants' Democratic Government was set up in the second Soviet Congress of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Region in Xinji Town. In November, the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was founded, and in January 1932, the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Provincial Party Committee took shape. The Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Branch of the Central Committee of the CPC and the Military Commission remained inXinjiTownfor one year and four months until the defeat of the fourth anti-encirclement struggle of January 1932 when they left the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Base with the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army.

The former site of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Revolutionary Base has been well preserved. The military commission office, the old residence of Xu Xiangqian, the Provincial Party Committee and its office, confidential offices of the Branch and Provincial Party Committee, including the Women's Department of the Provincial Party Committee, as well as other offices, have all been well maintained.