Shanghai Launches Red-Study Program at Communist Party Congress Site

What changed

Shanghai launched the “Visit the First National Congress” red-study program on 14 October at the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The initiative will connect university and school coursework, student volunteering, and a citywide “Shanghai Red Culture Education Map,” beginning in the autumn 2026 semester.

Why it matters

This is more than a museum visit. Shanghai is building a continuous education track around the site, with Fudan University as the first university pilot and red-study activities added to required junior-middle-school coursework.

The plan follows three layers:

• The inner circle brings students to structured activities before, during and after each visit.
• The middle circle turns students into guides, event organisers and new-media communicators. Their volunteer roles, bookings and service hours will be recorded on Shanghai’s student social-practice platform and included in comprehensive-evaluation records.
• The outer circle opens the citywide education map for recurring visits, volunteer work and cultural activities.

That design gives the program a lasting footprint in schools and universities, rather than limiting it to a single ceremony or exhibition. Its real test will come after launch: whether schools can sustain the staged curriculum and whether the volunteer records become a meaningful part of student evaluation.