Kang was deeply involved with the Yan'an Rectification Movement launched by Mao in February 1942.
Yan'an was also the site of an ongoing Yan'an Rectification Movement launched by Mao Zedong in the previous year.
The Rectification Movement, despite its successes also resulted in a series of splits within the Party and even the People's Army.
The area was known as a territory of camaraderie without corruption, though the Rectification Movement essentially changed everything.
One of the members crucial to carrying out the Rectification Movement was the secret police boss Kang Sheng.
The origins of the CCP propaganda system can be traced to Yan'an Rectification Movement and the rectification movements carried out there.
In 1942 Mao launched the zhengfeng or "Rectification" Movement against dogmatism and empiricism.
He led the Land Reform, Yan'an Rectification Movement, front-line support, and local armed forces construction.
One of the first CPC programs launched was the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
These events during the "Second Great Rectification Movement" Led by the CPP forced the faction to form the party in 1995.