Abstract：In 1931 the region of Jianghuai generally encountered great floods, which led to people living in distress and the rural economy on the edge of bankruptcy, further aggravating the revolutionary crisis.In the E-Yu-Wan Revolutionary Base Areas, the Soviet government under the leadership of CPC actively took a series of measures to carry out relief work, including distributing food, allocating funds, reducing tax, thus to some extent alleviated people's difficult living situation.In sharp contrast to the serious famine in the areas under leadership of Kuomintang, the communist party's practice won more people's support, and strengthened the Soviet regime's mass basis.

Keyword：the E-Yu-Wan Revolutionary Base Areas;famine;relief work;the floods in 1931;