The KMT was then led by Sun Yat-sen and carried out the policies of “alliance with Soviet Russia, cooperation with the Communists, and assistance to peasant and worker movements”.

[2][3] The decision to establish the PMTI was historic, in that it was the first formal government-sponsored training institute for rural political activities.

The institute was officially opened on July 3, 1924, in Guangzhou at the Huizhou Association headquarters (惠州会馆) at 53 South Yuexiu Road (越秀南路), with Peng Pai as director.

[3] Some of the famous figures in the CCP lectured here, including Zhou Enlai, Yun Daiying, and Xiao Chu'nü [zh].

In the 1950s, the Peasant Movement Training Institute was reopened as a commemorative site and the lecture rooms and dormitories of the young revolutionaries have been recreated.