Historical Experience from the Cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China in Shanxi during the Early Days of the War of Resistance Against Japan

Under the specific conditions of the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan,the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China achieved a relatively close cooperation.In Shanxi, the Communist Party of China and the local warlord Yan Xishan built a special form of united front with Shanxi characteristic on the basis of the cooperation of the two parties. The Communist Party of China carried out a correct policy,enabling itself to utilize these legitimate organizations to expand the revolutionary forces continuously and to win over and unite any progressive forces that could possibly be united,and thus created a new situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan in Shanxi.