Xie Liping points out that inheritance, development and utilization of red cultural resources in the new era require: tamping red gene pool and guarding the main position of publicity; exploring diversified and deep exploitation and pursuing iterative and sustainable development; breaking down regional barriers and pursuing win-win cooperation. Cheng Huanwen explains that it is of great theoretical and practical significance to clarify the connotation and extension of red literature for further promoting the collection, collation, research and utilization of red literature. According to the latest theoretical summary of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and the spirit of important instructions on learning the "four histories", this paper defines the red literature as all the written records, images and audio recordings created by the people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in the revolution, construction and reform from 1919 to 1949. Su Zhiliang points out that since the reform and opening up, historical achievements have been made in the opening of archives and the sorting and utilization of red literature. Historical sources are indispensable ‘food’ for historiographies. With the development of digital technology, the digitization of archival historical materials should be vigorously promoted, to advance the research of the history of revolution. Wu Maochang explains that the red literatures which are preserved in the course of the party’s hundred years of struggle have irreplaceable value. It is of great historical and practical significance to collect, protect and make good use of these red literatures. We should adhere to the scientific and correct direction of theoretical guidance, fully understand the importance and urgency of red literature collection and collation constantly enhance the level of management and protection of red literature, and let red literature play its due role. Yi Yonggang argues that the literature and archives featuring the birth and development of the Communist Party of China (CPC), namely the ‘red literature’, is not only the most authentic record of the centenary history of CPC, but also an indispensable content for highlighting political education as well as conducting CPC studies. More importantly, it is also an unique carrier for us to present CPC stories globally. We should enhance the collection and analysis of red literature to help shape a better narrative for explaining why China embraces Marxist theory. We should strengthen the research for the translation and global communication of red literature to tell the world why and how the CPC works in China. We should take advantage of multilingual corpora and other platforms to facilitate a more effective global discourse system for red literature to illustrate why socialism with Chinese characteristics is the right way for China. FanYugang & Cui Wenbin argues that as the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical moment, it is urgent to strengthen the study of red classical literature and its editions in the new era. For example, many versions of Mao Zedong’s “Speech at the Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art” have been widely disseminated in the world. Strengthening the study of these versions is helpful to further deepen the foundation of red culture. Xu Yan points out that the “Historical Documents of Revolution” that survived various political storms, wars, and social turmoil in the 20th century have long been regarded as rare collection objects by libraries at home and abroad. Ma Jing thinks that in recent years, the National Library of China has played an active leading role in collection, collation and research of red literature based on the “Protection Plan for the Revolutionary Documents and Documents of the Republic of China Period”, and will concentrate our efforts to constantly promote the work to go deeper and deeper.

The historical documents of revolution that survived various political storms, wars, and social upheaval in the 20th century have long been regarded as rare collection objects by libraries at home and abroad. However, in the oral and written expressions of people who are inside and outside the industry, the reference names of these literatures are often different, and the concepts of these names are ambiguous. Based on the collection of book examples and documentary evidence, this article attempts to clarify the context, connotation and extension of the terms progress (revolution) books, historical materials (cultural relics) of revolution and historical documents of revolution. It is believed that the term historical documents of revolution can best embody the scientific connotation of historical materialism. The Special Collection of Revolutionary Historical Documents opened by Mr. Gu Tinglong when he was in charge of the Hezhong Library, Shanghai Historical Literature Library and Shanghai Library laid a rich foundation of document resources for the resource development and social utilization that advance with the times, and thus endowed modern people with some important thoughts and inspirations.