"The CPC has achieved an outstanding result in its historic exam. However, this exam is by no means over, and it is continuing right now. The entire effort of the CPC to rally and lead the people today represents the continuation of this exam," President Xi Jinping said at a ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of the founding of the CPC in 2016.

The "Xibaipo spirit", which values pioneering, solidarity and hard work, still inspires people now. Xibaipo town's head Zhang says she is impressed by how the cadres united with the masses and did their land reform work in Beizhuang village in Xibaipo in 1947.

"Land work is a very difficult task in rural areas, since the land is closely related to people's life and minor changes may lead to conflicts."

Cadre Wang Danyi was only in her 20s when she and her son Dongdong came to the village for work. She and her colleagues lived with local people and chatted with them every day, gradually reducing their sense of distance so that local people would trust them and agree to the reform.

"Local people called Wang 'Dongdong's mom'. Even after half a century, many senior people in the village still remembered the name. I can just imagine how close they were at that time," says Zhang.

"We need to learn from our predecessors how they united with local people and how meticulous they were in the work, so that we can inherit their spirit and apply it to our own work, and influence others," says Zhang.