On the publication of the Selected Works of Mao Zedong before 1949

As the principal medium of Mao Zedong thought, Selected Works of Mao Zedong is the most valuable spiritual wealth that Mao Zedong left to the Chinese people. Not only was the publication of Selected Works of Mao Zedong a great achievement of the publishing circle in the revolutionary bases, moreover, it symbolizes a great contribution of CCP to the spread of Mao Zedong thought. CCP headed by Mao Zedong in the long term revolutionary practices, eliminated the Left and Right deviations and combined the universal truth of Marxism Leninism with the revolutionary practices of China, so shaped the scientific guiding ideology Mao Zedong thought, which was suited to the national conditions of China, thus creatively solving a series of critical problems of Chinese revolution. The publication of Selected Works of Mao Zedong indicates the maturation of CCP as well as the formation of Mao Zedong thought.