'Authoritative' history of CPC proves popular

A series of books on the history of the Communist Party of China has been well-received among readers, and more works will be published on the Party's major events, Party history researchers said.

The 90 Years of the Communist Party of China, compiled and published last year by the Party History Research Office of the CPC Central Committee to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, sold 1.3 million copies in the past year, Wu Degang, deputy head of the office, said at a news conference on Friday, one day before the Party's 96th anniversary.

The CPC had a total of 89.447 million members at the end of 2016, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee announced on Friday. CPC membership increased by 688,000 from 2015, up by 0.8 percent. Grassroots units of the Party increased by 105,000 to 4.518 million, up by 2.4 percent, the department said in a communique.