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Chinese people have since stood up

Source: People's Daily - People's Daily

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the Tiananmen Tower is majestic and solemn.

The clock was set back to October 1, 1949, and at about 3 p.m. on that day, Comrade Mao Zedong stood on the tower of Tiananmen Square and solemnly declared to the world: "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established today!" This sound shook the world, and this moment became eternal, marking that the Chinese people had since stood up!

On October 1, 2019, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at the conference celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, pointing out: "70 years ago today, Comrade Mao Zedong solemnly announced the founding of the People's Republic of China to the world here, and the people of the Chinese have since stood up. This great event has completely changed the tragic fate of China's poverty, weakness, and bullying for more than 100 years since modern times, and the Chinese nation has embarked on a magnificent road to achieve great rejuvenation. ”

Xiangshan, on the western outskirts of Beijing, was the original station of the CPC Central Committee after it moved from Xibaipo to Beijing. At the foot of the mountain, the Xiangshan Revolution Memorial Hall is full of people who come to visit the theme exhibition "Laying the Foundation for New China - The CENTRAL Committee of the Communist Party of China in Xiangshan". In the middle of the hall where the spectacular scene of the founding ceremony was displayed, Mao Zedong read a huge photo of the "Announcement of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China" at the founding ceremony. Standing next to Mao Zedong, Dong Biwu was the only leader who joined Mao Zedong in the party congress and at the same time climbed the Tiananmen Tower to participate in the founding ceremony.

At the beginning of the founding of the Communist Party of China, there were only more than 50 party members in the country, so why did it gain national power and establish a new China in just 28 years?

On May 1, 1949, Mao Zedong visited Liu Yazi, a democrat who had traveled north from Hong Kong to attend the founding ceremony. During the conversation, Liu Yazi said that the Communist Party wants victory, this is certain, but did not expect that victory would be so fast, the People's Liberation Army quickly crossed the river successfully, and occupied Nanjing, I don't know what kind of clever plan Chairman Mao used? Mao Zedong said that the support of the people is the greatest brilliant plan, and a million troops crossing the river cannot succeed without the strong support of the people.

Seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation is the original intention and mission of the Chinese communists -- it was precisely in the era after the Opium War when modern China was reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, bullied, and the wind and rain were obscured; for the sake of the people and relying on the people, this is the fundamental reason why the CPC grew from small to large and from weak to strong -- it is precisely because of the endless source of strength from the people that the CPC overthrew the "three mountains" that weighed on the people's heads and won the victory of the Chinese revolution. A new China was established.

In the 72nd year of the founding of New China, the Communist Party of China was founded for a hundred years. Today's China, its comprehensive strength and international competitiveness have long been different from the past, but the supremacy of the people has always been the unchangeable belief of the Chinese Communists, which has traveled through time and space and has endured for a long time.

The foundation of the Communist Party of China lies in the people and its blood lies in the people. As long as we persist in doing everything for the people and relying on the people in everything, we will certainly be able to unite the broadest masses of the people and constantly create new historical glory of the Chinese nation!

People's Daily ( 2021-02-08 02 edition)

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