Comrade Dong, 1886 was born in a poor teacher's family in Hubei County (now Hong 'an County) on March 5th. At the age of eighteen, I was admitted to a scholar. When I was studying in middle school, I was influenced by the daily bulletin of revolutionary groups and supported Sun Yat-sen's democratic revolutionary program. 19 1 1 participated in the revolution of 1911, joined the league and worked in Wuchang military government. 19 14 He studied law at the private Japanese University in Tokyo and met Dr. Sun Yat-sen who fled from Japan. In the sinister environment after the failure of the second revolution against Yuan Shikai, he resolutely joined the China Revolutionary Party rebuilt by Sun Yat-sen, returned to China, instigated Yuan's military activities, and was arrested and imprisoned twice. Continue to fight after you get out of prison. All these show the tenacious fighting spirit of a revolutionary Democrat.
Under the influence of the October Revolution and the May 4th Movement, he began to accept Marxism. He summed up the lessons of China's old democratic revolution, compared the success or failure of Russian and China revolutions, and realized that "China's independence cannot follow the path of Sun Yat-sen, but must follow the path of Lenin". As a result, he gradually realized a major ideological change from radical democracy to productism. 1920, he and Chen Tanqiu and other comrades founded the Wuhan proletarian organization. 192 1 attended the first national congress of China * * * production party. Subsequently, he served as secretary of the Wuhan prefectural party Committee and member of the Hubei provincial party Committee. As an outstanding fighter of the proletarian revolutionary party, Comrade Dong started a new revolutionary journey for the complete victory of China's democratic revolution and the further realization of socialism. During the First Northern Expedition, Comrade Dong was one of the core leaders of the vigorous Hubei-Han Great Revolutionary Movement, and enjoyed great prestige in Hubei and even the whole country. As an alternate executive member of the Kuomintang Central Committee and the main person in charge of the Hubei Provincial Party Department and the Hubei Provincial Government, he has done a lot of hard work. Excellent achievements have been made in mobilizing the workers and peasants, establishing revolutionary newspapers and periodicals, fighting for the uprising of warlord troops, and supporting the victorious March of the Northern Expedition. In particular, the peasant movement in Hubei, which has more than two million members of peasant associations, was launched freely, forming a strong revolutionary momentum, complementing the peasant movement in Hunan and playing an important role in promoting the rapid development of the Great Revolution to the Yangtze River basin. Although his work at that time inevitably had the weakness of the party's childhood, his firm principled position of opposing the Kuomintang Rightists and supporting the workers and peasants movement was contrary to the right opportunist leaders within the party.
1927 After the failure of the Great Revolution, the reactionary Kuomintang authorities offered a large reward for the arrest of Comrade Dong. Without fear, he quickly turned to secret activities. 1928 was sent by the party to study in the Soviet Union. He spent more than three years there, assiduously studied Marxist-Leninist works, paid attention to China's national conditions and revolutionary practical experience, and achieved excellent academic results. This laid a good foundation for him to stick to Mao Zedong Thought and improve his leadership. /kloc-returned to China in 0/932 and entered the central revolutionary base area. He has served as vice president of Marx School, secretary of the Central Party Committee and president of the Supreme Court. 1934 to 10 to participate in the 25,000-mile Li Long Long March of the Central Red Army. Nearly half a century old, he has gone through difficulties and obstacles and always maintained a high degree of revolutionary optimism. Zunyi Conference established Comrade Mao Zedong's leading position in the CPC Central Committee and realized a turning point with far-reaching significance in the history of the Party. He gave enthusiastic support and firm support. In the struggle between the CPC Central Committee and Zhang's right-wing separatism, he clearly criticized Zhang's mistakes and safeguarded the unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee. After the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, he served as the president of the Central Party School and made great efforts to train a large number of party backbones to meet the new climax of the anti-Japanese national liberation struggle.
During the second KMT-CPC cooperation in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Comrade Dong worked in Kuomintang-controlled areas for a long time as a member of the China delegation and one of the main leaders of the Central Changjiang Bureau and the Southern Bureau. He assisted Comrade Zhou Enlai, participated in negotiations with the Kuomintang authorities, and led our Party's work in the Kuomintang-ruled areas. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War in Wuhan, he used his legal position and extensive social influence in Hubei to vigorously carry out the party's United front work and publicize the party's all-round anti-Japanese war line and Comrade Mao Zedong's thought of protracted people's war. He led the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China directly in Hubei Province, resisted the interference of Wang Ming's right capitulationism, United local patriots, founded training courses such as Qiliping and Tang Chi, and trained a large number of backbones for launching anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in Central China and establishing anti-Japanese base areas in Central China. After arriving in Chongqing, he fought bravely and tactfully at this meeting, either with other members of our party or alone with the anti-* * capitulation activities of the Kuomintang die-hards. He has carried out the principles and policies of the CPC Central Committee in an exemplary manner, and has widely United all democratic parties, patriots from all walks of life, local strength groups and international friendly people, making great contributions to upholding ethnic cooperation, consolidating and expanding the anti-Japanese national United front and deepening the anti-Japanese democratic movement in the rear area. 1944, the Party Central Committee celebrated his 60th birthday in advance and spoke highly of his achievements. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China said in his congratulatory message: "Now you represent the Party's vanguard position in the anti-Japanese national united front, hold high the banner of Comrade Mao Zedong and fight tirelessly. You are an old soldier of China's national liberation and social liberation, and you are one of the model leaders of China's * * * production party. The China Communist Party and the people of China will be honored to celebrate your birthday. "
1in April, 945, on behalf of China's * * * production party and the soldiers and civilians in the liberated areas, Comrade Dong participated in the China delegation, attended the United Nations Constitutional Convention held in San Francisco, and introduced the program of China's * * * production party and the achievements of the liberated areas to overseas Chinese and international people living in the United States, thus expanding the influence of China's people's revolution.
After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, comrades continued to work in Kuomintang areas. He participated in the political consultative conference as a member of the Chinese production party delegation, and fought a complicated and arduous struggle for peace and democracy and to stop the civil war. /kloc-in the spring of 0/947, the negotiations between the two sides broke down, and he led the comrades of the China delegation in Nanjing and Shanghai to withdraw to Yan 'an. Later, he came to North China, served as the Standing Committee of the Central Working Committee and director of the North China Finance and Economics Office, and nervously devoted himself to supporting the War of Liberation. 1August, 948, presided over the North China Provisional People's Congress. After this congress, the North China People's Government was established and he was elected as the chairman of the North China People's Government. Then, he participated in the preparatory work of China People's Political Consultative Conference, presided over the drafting of the Organic Law of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (Draft), and actively made legislative preparations for the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC).
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Comrade Dong successively served as a member of the Central People's Government, Vice Premier and Director of the Political and Legal Committee of the State Council, Dean the Supreme People's Court, Vice Chairman of the Second Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman of People's Republic of China (PRC) and Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC). He closely United with the party and state leaders headed by Comrade Mao Zedong, actively participated in the major decisions of socialist revolution and socialist construction, and made every effort for the consolidation and development of the new China.
At the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee in 1938 and the subsequent congresses, Comrade Dong was elected as a member of the Central Committee. 1945 Since the First Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. 1973 was elected as the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau (PSC) at the First Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee. He has made great achievements in the leadership of the party and the state. In particular, he has made outstanding contributions to the construction of political power, legal system, peasant movement, United front work and the secret work of the party in reactionary areas.
1975 died in Beijing on April 2nd at the age of 90.