中共於1927年8月1日由朱德、周恩來、賀龍、葉梃等人，發動南昌暴動，宣布成立革命委員會，並以南昌暴動這一天，作為中國人民解放軍的創立紀念日(建軍節)；之後於9月由毛澤東領導湘贛秋收暴動的工農革命軍進行三灣改編，對實現共產黨對軍隊的領導，奠定了重要的組織基礎，也建立了中共的政治工作制度。1929年12月中共紅軍第四軍第九次代表大會在閩西上杭古田召開，通過了毛澤東主持起草的《中國共產黨紅軍第四軍第九次代表大會決議案》，即古田會議，會議內容主要為律定了中國共產黨對軍隊的領導原則，並從政治上、思想上、組織上確立了基本制度和措施，也確立了中共建軍原則。而中共自2012年習近平上任以來，曾多次至古田召開全軍政治工作會議，並強調黨對軍隊的絕對領導，其涵義即為重新喚起「以黨領軍」之思想。

On August 1, 1927, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, He Long, and Ye Wei launched the Nanchang riots, established the Revolutionary Committee, and announced August 1 as the Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Jianjun Festival). In September, Mao Zedong led the Xiangluo Autumn Harvest riots to carry out the Sanwan adaptation. It has laid an important organizational foundation for realizing the leadership of the Communist Party against the military and has also established the political work system of the PRC. In December, 1929, the ninth Congress of the Fourth Army of the Chinese Red Army was held in Gutuan, Shanghang county, West Yunnan. It adopted “the resolution of the Ninth Congress of the Fourth Army of the Chinese Communist Party” which was drafted by Mao Zedong, namely the Gutian Conference. The content of the meeting was mainly to define the Chinese Communist Party’s principle of leadership over the military, and to establish basic systems and measures politically, ideologically, and organizationally, and also established the principle of the PRC’s army building. Since Xi Jinping took office in 2012, he has repeatedly held political work conferences in Gutian and emphasized the party’s absolute leadership over the military. Its implication is to reawaken the idea of “CPC Leading Military.”