The first few years of national liberation were the years of "prosperous official career" in Ding Ling's life. If the level of position and power are called "career", then those years were the pinnacle of her career. She came to Peiping from Shenyang, where she lived, in early June 1949. In the early summer of 1936, she quietly came to Peiping alone from Nanjing, looking for party connections. Since then, she has been away from this city for more than ten years.Revisiting the old place brought back many distant memories for her.She lives at No. 22 Dongzongbu Hutong, which is an exquisite courtyard house. Her neighbors include Xiao Sanganlu, Ke Zhongping, Shakov, etc. They are all old friends. They have not seen each other for a long time, and they are very affectionate. They all asked Chen Ming about the situation in 2009. Shakov was the secretary-general of the Preparatory Committee of the Wendai Conference. He said that Chen Ming could attend the Wendai Conference as a special representative!Lin Boqu also came to see Ding Ling. They were distant relatives. Ding Ling loved the old man very much and called him "cute" in letters and diaries many times.She also took time to see her old friend Shen Congwen. In the 1920s in Beijing, Shen Congwen was a very close friend of her and Hu Yepin. At that time, the three of them were young people who loved literature, with no future and a difficult life. For those who have gone through adversity, a small draft can bring great surprises for a fee of two yuan.She also went to Xiangshan to meet Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao was still profound and wise. Although his tired eyes were bloodshot, his heart was full of ambition.He was very busy and was about to lead the whole country, so he didn't have time for long talks. He advised Ding Ling to study, but Ding Ling really didn't want to go to school.Walking out of the Shuangqing villa and coming down from Xiangshan, Ding Ling saw the tight security guards, and couldn't help but think sadly: all things are waiting to be done, government affairs are busy, and it will be more and more difficult to see him in the future!But Chairman Mao did not forget her. Two years later in the summer, when he was visiting the Summer Palace, he stopped by to visit her.

Ding Ling likes Beiping, but she doesn't plan to live here for a long time.Before coming here, she had agreed with Minister Li Zhuoran and Deputy Minister Liu Zhiming of the Propaganda Department of the Northeast Bureau. There is no relationship.She already has a rural theme, and she will write another big industrial theme, because the focus of the party's work is shifting from the countryside to the city, from war to construction.Chairman Mao said to her in Xibaipo a year ago: You have lived in the countryside for twelve years, and then spend eight years in the city to learn about industry.She kept these words in her mind.

On July 2, 1949, the first National Cultural Congress opened. On the 9th, Ding Ling made a written speech "From the masses, to the masses".At the closing of the conference, she was elected as a member of the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles and a member of the Standing Committee of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. On July 23, at the inaugural meeting of the All-China Literary Workers Association (the predecessor of the Chinese Writers Association, referred to as the "National Writers' Association"), she and Ke Zhongping were elected vice-chairmen of the Association.The chairman is Mao Dun.

At that time, the founding of New China was imminent, and the brand-new state government urgently needed a large number of elite soldiers and strong generals. All departments were looking for talents, selecting cadres, and organizing organizations to build teams.The same is true on the literary front.Ding Ling couldn't help herself when she entered the capital, she couldn't come and go. The party chose Ding Ling.Therefore, Ding Ling, who wanted to go back to the Northeast to engage in creation, became Ding Ling who stayed in Beijing to manage administration, and Ding Ling, a literary writer, became Ding Ling, a cultural official.Chen Ming then also came to Peiping, and their home was settled in the courtyard of the Cultural Association at No. 22 Dongzongbu Hutong. In the spring of 1951, they moved to the courtyard at No. 16 Duofu Lane.The Party Central Committee entrusted her with a heavy responsibility. In two or three years, Ding Ling could be described as "prosperous in official career", and her titles increased again and again, and all of them were of great weight: In September 1949, she was elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and served as the editor-in-chief of "Literary News", the official publication of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. . In the spring of 1950, he served as the executive vice chairman of the National Association for Literature and Art, and presided over the daily work of the Association; in July, he was appointed by the central government as the leader of the party group of the China Association for Literature and Art, equivalent to the secretary of the party group of the Writers Association. In January 1951, he served as the director of the Central Institute of Literature; in the spring, he served as the director of the Literature and Art Department of the Central Propaganda Department; in November, he participated in leading the study of rectification in the literary and art circles across the country. In April 1952, he succeeded Ai Qing as the deputy editor-in-chief of "People's Literature".At that time, "Literary News" was the most authoritative publication of literary criticism in the country, "People's Literature" was the most authoritative publication of literary creation, the Institute of Literature was the "cradle of writers" that many young people yearned for, and the Department of Literature and Art of the Central Propaganda Department was equivalent to The current Arts Bureau.With many important positions in one person, at the beginning of the founding of New China, Ding Ling could be called the most popular person in the literary world, and she was a high-level leader that few people could compare with.

Her influence and prestige even surpassed that of Zhou Yang.