By Jiang Rong, The Epoch Times, Mar 18, 2005-

By the end of March 18, 2005, a total of 51 Beijing University alumni, including Zeng Jing, Zhou Lei, and Ye Qing, have announced their resignation from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and from all organizations related to the Party. The statistics are not complete yet. These alumni also call for Chinese people to battle the hardship and join the historical movement to resign from the CCP as early as possible. The Chinese people should become the brave and wise population that safeguards the truth.

Among the 51 alumni (including the alumni from the former Beijing Medical University), 31 currently reside in the United States, 6 are in Canada, 6 in China (one won the first place in the provincial official exam), 3 are from Australia, 3 are from Germany, 1 is from Japan, and 1 comes from Sweden.

Zhang Lingyi, a former PhD graduate from Beijing University, stated in the resignation statement, "I encourage my former advisor and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Science and former teachers, classmates and colleagues in Beijing University to read 'The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party,' a great work published in The Epoch Times, and to rethink the CCP. You will feel great after you finish reading all nine commentaries. ... We need to call out our benevolent conscience and stop being in a group of gangsters. Leave the CCP and have the courage to 'sacrifice for the best and not survive under the worst.' We need to revive justice and ask what's best for China."

Zeng Zheng, a former researcher in the China State Department Research Center and holds a Master's degree from Beijing University, was shocked after reading "The Nine Commentaries." Zeng realized that "the CCP made the Communist cult into the national religion and all the Chinese people had to become part of it the moment they were born." Some people worried about the future of China without the CCP, Zeng made a comment, "After dissociating from the Communist evil spirit, China will transcend from being a patient with various chronic diseases and being possessed by a ghost to a totally healthy and energetic person with no illness and a clear mind."

Qian Sitong from China said, "I am Qian Sitong and I am nobody. I joined the CCP when I was 21, after 15 years, I suddenly woke up and realized that the CCP system is a slavery system that suppresses the human nature. This system is based on deception and doesn't go well with my benevolent character. My character can be concluded in a word, 'true,' and the CCP is all 'fake' from head to toe. So I resigned from the Party in 2000."

What was interesting was that among the 51 alumni, 2 of them are not CCP members. They used "firmly refuse to join the Party" in the title of their statements. Liao Yiran from Beijing said, "Unfortunately, but at the same time fortunately, I knew the nature of the CCP when I was in college and I absolutely refused to join this hopeless Party. So I can't really say I want to resign from the Party. I just want to second my opinion and I feel the CCP is bound to fall apart. Like we used to say at Beijing University, 'Beijing University will not get better if the CCP is not eliminated.'"

The Sound of Hope radio station provided 23 alumni's voice recordings of their statement of resignation.

According to statistics from The Epoch Times website, by the end of March 18, the number of people who openly announced their resignation statements has reached 352,721.

Original article and voice recordings in Chinese