Chinese Communist base area

generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"

Class: Chinese Communist base area

A Chinese Communist base area was a rural, often remote region under Communist Party control during the Chinese Civil War, serving as a political, military, and social-revolutionary stronghold from which to wage guerrilla warfare and implement revolutionary reforms.