On December 2, 1949, the Fourth Session of the Committee of the Central People's Government accepted the proposal of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and adopted the Resolution on the National Day of the People's Republic of China, deciding that October 1 of each year, the great day of the founding of the People's Republic of China, shall be the National Day of the People's Republic of China.
October 1 is the origin of the National Day
On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong read out the "Announcement of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China" at the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China.
On October 1, 1949, the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China was solemnly held in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Mao Zedong solemnly declared to the whole world that the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China had been established.
The first proposal in the history of the CPPCC: Ask the government to designate October 1 as the National Day of the People's Republic of China, instead of the old National Day of October 10.
On October 9 of the same year, the first meeting of the First National Committee of the Chinese Political Consultative Conference was held at the Zhongnanhai Qinzheng Palace, and member Ma Sulun, then minister of education of the State Council, believed that the People's Republic of China had been established and should no longer use the "Double Ten" of the Republic of China as the National Day, and suggested that October 1 should be designated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Ma Sulun was unable to attend the meeting of the day due to illness, and he entrusted Member Guangping to bring it to the meeting. At the meeting, Member Xu Guangping spoke: "Member Ma Sulun cannot come on leave, and he entrusted me to say that there should be a National Day for the founding of the People's Republic of China, and I hope that this Association will decide to designate October 1 as the National Day." ”
Member Lin Boqu also spoke in agreement and asked for a discussion and decision. Chairman Mao Zedong said: "We should make a proposal, propose it to the government, and let the government decide." On the same day, the meeting unanimously resolved to adopt the proposal "Request the Government to Designate October 1 as the National Day of the People's Republic of China, instead of the Old National Day of October 10", and sent it to the Central People's Government for adoption and implementation.
The next day, October 10, the People's Daily reported on the front page of the news of the first plenary session of the CPPCC National Committee under the headline "Recommend that the Central People's Government designate October 1 as the national day of the People's Republic of China."
People's Daily front page on October 10, 1949
On December 2, 1949, the Fourth Session of the Committee of the Central People's Government adopted the Resolution on the National Day of the People's Republic of China. The "Resolution" points out: "The Central People's Government Committee considers that this proposal of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference conforms to historical reality and represents the will of the people, and has decided to adopt it." The Committee of the Central People's Government hereby declares that, since 1950, the National Day of the People's Republic of China shall be the National Day of the People's Republic of China on October 1 of each year, the great day of the founding of the People's Republic of China. ”
The proposal is also the first proposal in the history of the CPPCC. Since 1950, October 1 has become a major festival for Chinese people.
Resolution on the National Day of the People's Republic of China
(Adopted at the Fourth Session of the Central People's Government Committee on December 2, 1949)
At its first meeting on October 9, 1949, the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference adopted the proposal "Requesting the Government to Designate October 1 as the National Day of the People's Republic of China instead of the Old National Day of October 10" and sent it to the Central People's Government for adoption and implementation.
The Central People's Government Committee held that this proposal of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference conformed to historical reality and represented the will of the people, and decided to adopt it.
The Committee of the Central People's Government hereby declares that, since 1950, the National Day of the People's Republic of China shall be the National Day of the People's Republic of China on October 1 of each year, the great day of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Source/People's Daily News, Chinese Government Net, China Political Consultative Conference Net
Editor/Liao Yunqing