Former residence of Chen Duxiu, Cultural heritage site in Donghuamen Subdistrict, China.

The Former Residence of Chen Duxiu at No. 20 Jiangan Hutong, Beichizi Street, is a courtyard house facing south with a ruyi-style gate, three main rooms, three south rooms, and hard-gable tiled roofs. It covers about 250 square metres and has 12 rooms. After restoration in 2015, the courtyard kept its original layout, with old beams reused where possible and over 50 original floor bricks retained.

Chen Duxiu moved into the courtyard at Jiangan Hutong 20 in early 1917, and the editorial office of New Youth, which he had founded in Shanghai on 15 September 1915, moved there with him. In early 1918 the journal became a collective publication edited in turn by Peking University professors Hu Shi, Qian Xuantong, Liu Bannong, Lu Xun, Li Dazhao and Gao Yihan; nearly 30 issues were edited in this compound. Chen lived here until 1919.

The courtyard at No. 20 Jiangan Hutong was the editorial office of New Youth from 1917, where nearly 30 issues were edited. From 1918, Peking University professors Hu Shi, Qian Xuantong, Liu Bannong, Lu Xun, Li Dazhao and Gao Yihan took turns editing the journal. Cultural figures such as Li Gufan, Wu Junyi, Gao Yuhan and Liu Shuya visited the house.

The courtyard covers about 250 square metres and holds 12 rooms, so a visit is short and level, with no stairs or long walks. Look for the plaque above the north room's door naming the residence and the journal's editorial office. The site sits at No. 20 Jiangan Hutong, off Beichizi Dajie in Dongcheng District.

The building housed an influential literary journal that spread modern ideas and inspired young intellectuals to rethink Chinese society. This publication became instrumental in circulating new thinking during a pivotal moment of social change.