The number of Communist Party of China (CPC) members surpassed 82.6 million in 2011, up 2.9 percent year on year, official figures showed.
The great achievements made in China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) are a contribution to human civilization, the South African Communist Party (SACP) told Xinhua here on Monday.

Wu Juping, a female worker in Hangzhou, was called the "most beautiful mother" by netizens for saving a 2-year-old girl from falling down 10 floors without thinking of her own safety.
Gong Qinghai was responsible for designing and testing the guidance system of a modified model of the Long March CZ-2F rocket, which carried Shenzhou-8.
When she arrived at Zhaojia Elementary School on a recent rainy Sunday, Ma Lan apologized for wearing a pair of muddy boots.
It doesn't take a celebrity to attract half a million followers on a micro blog. Wang Yujing, a 32-year-old policeman, has not only gained popularity, but even helped save another policeman's life by circulating a post.
While on normal days Zhao Yuhua can sell about 1,200 tickets, that soars to as many as 3,000 as National Day approaches.
Looking like another blazing sun, Guo Jianhua stands in his fiery red uniform under the scorching sun to measure the sea level of a road near Urumqi county.



1949: Founding of the People's Republic of China
1921: Founding of the CPC
1934-1936: Long March
1937-1945: The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression
1945-1949: War of Liberation
1958-1961: Great Leap Forward
1966-1976: "Cultural revolution"
1978: The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC
1982: Building socialism with Chinese characteristics
1992: Socialist, not capitalist
1997: Private sector acknowledged
2003-2007: Scientific Outlook on Development
Mao Zedong Thought is a scientific ideological system developed by a group of earlier revolutionaries of the Communist Party of China, represented by Mao Zedong.
Comrade Jiang Zemin first propounded the important thought of Three Represents during his inspection tour of Guangdong Province in February 2000.
The 15th National Congress of the CPC opened in 1997. Deng Xiaoping Theory was first developed as the guideline to further promote China's development.
The Scientific Outlook on Development is a major strategic thought that must be upheld and applied in developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.