Chapter 2 Announcement of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China

(October 1, 1949) Ever since the Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang reactionary government betrayed the motherland, colluded with imperialism and launched a counter-revolutionary war, the people of the whole country have been in dire straits.Fortunately, with the assistance of the people of the whole country, the People's Liberation Army, in order to defend the territorial sovereignty of the motherland, to protect the lives and property of the people, to relieve the suffering of the people and to fight for the rights of the people, fought bravely and recklessly, and was able to wipe out the reactionary army and overthrow the national government. reactionary rule.Now the People's War of Liberation has basically won, and most of the people in the country have been liberated.On this basis, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, composed of representatives of all democratic parties, people's organizations, the People's Liberation Army, various regions, various ethnic groups, overseas Chinese and other patriotic democrats, has assembled , representing the will of the people of the whole country, enacted the Organic Law of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, elected Mao Zedong as the chairman of the Central People's Government, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Gao Gang as the vice-chairmen, Chen Yi, He Long, Li Lisan, Lin Boqu, Ye Jianying, He Xiangning, Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai, Liu Bocheng, Wu Yuzhang, Xu Xiangqian, Peng Zhen, Bo Yibo, Nie Rongzhen, Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu, Sai Fuding, Rao Shushi, Chen Jiageng, Luo Ronghuan, Deng Zihui, Wu Lanfu, Xu Teli, Cai Chang , Liu Geping, Ma Yinchu, Chen Yun, Kang Sheng, Lin Feng, Ma Xulun, Guo Moruo, Zhang Yunyi, Deng Xiaoping, Gao Chongmin, Shen Junru, Shen Yanbing, Chen Shutong, Situ Meitang, Li Xijiu, Huang Yanpei, Cai Tingkai, Xi Zhongxun, Peng Zemin, Zhang Zhizhong, Fu Zuoyi, Li Zhuchen, Li Zhangda, Zhang Bojun , Cheng Qian, Zhang Xiruo, Chen Mingshu, Tan Pingshan, Zhang Nanxian, Liu Yazi, Zhang Dongsun, and Long Yun as members, formed the Central People's Government Committee, declared the founding of the People's Republic of China, and decided that Beijing was the capital of the People's Republic of China.The Central People's Government Committee of the People's Republic of China took office in the capital today, and unanimously resolved: declare the establishment of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, accept the common program of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as the government's policy, and mutually elect Lin Boqu as Secretary of the Central People's Government Committee He appointed Zhou Enlai as Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People's Government, Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Central People's Government People's Revolutionary Military Commission, Zhu De as Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army, Shen Junru as President of the Central People's Government Supreme People's Court, and Luo Ronghuan as the Supreme People's Court of the Central People's Government. The Procurator-General of the People's Procuratorate and instructed them to form various government agencies as soon as possible to carry out various government tasks.At the same time, it was resolved to announce to the governments of all countries that this government is the sole legal government representing the people of the People's Republic of China.This government is willing to establish diplomatic relations with any foreign government that is willing to abide by the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and mutual respect for territorial sovereignty.Special announcement.

Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China On October 1, 1949, according to It was published in People's Daily on October 2, 1949.