Thetitle"secretary"withintheCommunistPartyofChinacantracedbacktoitsFirstNationalCongressin1921.InitiallytheCPC'sfoundingmemberscouldnotdecidehowtoaddressthemainleadersoftheParty.ItwasthenproposedthattheRussianword"секретарь"whichtheSovietUnionusedtoaddressitscommunistleaders,beadoptedandtranslatedas"secretary".WhentheChinesecommunistsfirstheardthisword,theywereallconfused.Asinancienttimes,theword"secretary"wasusedinbothChinaandtheWesttorefertopaperpushers.Inmoderncontexts,italsorefersto"note-takers".Everybodythoughtitsoundedlikealow-rankingposition.Asamatteroffact,in1846,whenKarlMarxandFriedrichEngelsweresettinguptheCommunistCorrespondenceCommittee,laterknownastheCommunistParty,EngelsaskedMarxhowthepersoninchargeshouldbeaddressed,andMarxsaidwithouthesitation-"secretary".AsMarxhoped,thoseatthetopshallnotbeprivilegedpersons,butservantsworkinghardfortheinterestofthepublic.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.