Party out to boost unity among members

When the Communist Party of China was founded in 1921, it clearly listed in its constitution that people with higher social goals who embrace the Party's principles and policies could be accepted as a comrade on being introduced by two Party members. This makes it clear Party members are each other's comrades.

Comradeship means sharing the same principles and political goals; it also means all comrades are equal, and no comrade will be discriminated against because of his or her gender or other characteristics.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, "comrade" became the most common term people used to address each other. Yet the term has almost disappeared from people's vocabulary over the past couple of decades.