Peng Pai (Chinese: 彭湃; pinyin: Péng Pài )(October 22, 1896—August 30, 1929) born in Haifeng County (now under Shanwei Municipality), Guangdong Province, China, was a pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and peasants' rights activist, a prominent revolutionary, and one of the leaders of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at its earlier stage. Peng Pai was one of the few Chinese intellectuals who were aware in early 1920s that peasantry and land issues caused the most critical problems for Chinese society. He believed that the success of any revolution in China must depend on the peasants as its base foundation.
Read more about Peng Pai: Background and Early Life, Study in Japan (1917–1921), Education Commissioner of Haifeng (1921–1922), Launching and Leading Peasant Movement (1922–1926), A CCP Leader Establishing The 1st Rural Soviet in China (1927–1928), Jailed and Martyred For His Beliefs (1929), Prominent Descendants