Xibaipo: The launching pad for CPC's 'big exam' By LI LEI in Beijing and ZHANG YU in Shijiazhuang | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-10 09:51 Share CLOSE Visitors head to the Xibaipo Memorial Hall in Pingshan county, Hebei province. TIAN RUIFU/FOR CHINA DAILY Hebei village, the former headquarters of the Party and residence of its leaders including Chairman Mao, now a popular 'red tourism' site A calendar lying open on a desk was turned to March 23, 1949. At Chairman Mao Zedong's former residence in Xibaipo village, Hebei province, the prop alludes to a watershed moment in the century-old history of the Communist Party of China.