Double Tenth Agreement

	Double Tenth Agreement
	File:Shuangshixieding.jpg A copy of the original agreement published in the Jiefang Ribao
Traditional Chinese	雙十協定
Simplified Chinese	双十协定
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shuāngshí Xiédìng
Wade–Giles	Shuang1; -shih2; Hsieh2; -ting4;
Summary of Conversations Between the Representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China
Traditional Chinese	政府與中共代表會談紀要
Simplified Chinese	政府与中共代表会谈纪要
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèngfŭ yŭ Zhōnggòng Dàibiăo Huìtán Jìyào

The Double Tenth Agreement, formally known as the Summary of Conversations Between the Representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, was an agreement between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) that was concluded on 10 October 1945 (the Double Ten Day of the Republic of China) after 43 days of negotiations.^[1]^[2] Mao Zedong and United States Ambassador to China Patrick J. Hurley flew together to Chongqing on 27 August 1945 to begin the negotiations. The outcome was that the CPC acknowledged the KMT as the legitimate government, while the KMT in return recognised the CPC as a legitimate opposition party. The Shangdang Campaign, which began on 10 September, came to an end on 12 October as a result of the announcement of the agreement.^[3]