Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao helped found the Communist Party of China

Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao were two early leaders of China's Communist Party. They were guided by the Communist International, especially in the earliest days by Gregory Voitinsky. Voitinsky was the Comintern's first envoy to China. Together, they built the Chinese Communist Party office.
Cai Yuanpei was also influential, recruiting Chinese students to study in France, where many became Communists. Cai Yuanpei also recruited Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao to Peking University. Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao then helped introduce China to Marxism and the Russian Revolution.
The Revolutions Podcast by Mike Duncan tells the story of the Russian Revolution well. This is the beginning of the second Chinese Revolution: which we examine after the Communist party of China 100th anniversary.
Students were the first Chinese to pay attention to the Russian Revolution and the new Communist government there. The Communist International (or Comintern) founded in 1919, also actively promoted and sponsored revolution abroad. Gregory Voitinsky arrived in 1920 as part of the Soviet efforts in China.
Chinese students in France (like Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping) and professors and staff at Peking University like Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao were quick to promote socialist and Marxist ideas and to form societies and launch publications. They were encouraged by Cai Yuanpei, the Republic of China's first Minister of Education who was then Rector of Peking University. In particular, Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao were two intellectuals very active in the lead up to the First Congress of the Communist Party of China. Each was elected at that important first meeting. Chen became the party's first Secretary-General and Li became responsible for propaganda. A Dutch communist, Henk Sneevliet, was present on behalf of the Comintern. A 28 year old Mao Zedong was also there, before returning to Hunan province.

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