On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao announced on the Tiananmen Gate Tower: The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established today! On the same day, the government committee issued Zhou Enlai's appointment, appointing him as Prime Minister of the State Council.
Zhou Enlai became the Premier of the State Council, which was what everyone expected. He made great contributions to the founding of New China and was Chairman Mao’s main assistant. The two worked together for decades and had a deep revolutionary friendship.
After Zhou Enlai was elected as prime minister, he quickly completed the appointment of cadres from various institutions of the State Council. After a week of consideration and selection, four people were appointed as vice prime ministers to assist Premier Zhou in his work.
The people appointed as Vice Premier are Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo and Huang Yanpei . The Vice Premier is an important position in the People's Government, and the candidates arranged are carefully considered. What is the profound meaning of choosing Dong Biwu and four others?
New China has just been established. For important positions in the people's government, democracy needs to be achieved in terms of candidates. We cannot be all "one of our own people". We must also arrange some respected democrats . For example, after Chairman Mao served as the chairman of the government, he had six vice chairmen, namely Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Soong Ching Ling , Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, and Gao Gang.
Zhu De and Liu Shaoqi are both revolutionary heroes, with seniority and great contributions. They are expected to serve as vice chairman. Soong Ching Ling, Li Jishen and Zhang Lan are representatives of democratic figures. Although their contribution to the revolution is not as good as that of Zhu De and others, they also have a great influence.
Referring to the selection configuration of the government vice chairman, the "camp" needs to be taken into account. Therefore, Premier Zhou should also consider this when considering the candidate for the vice prime minister. Among the 04 vice premiers, Dong Biwu and Chen Yun are tried and tested old party members, especially Dong Biwu, who is not only old but also has deep qualifications. In July 1921, the first National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held. Dong Biwu was the representative of Wuhan and one of the 13 founders of the Party.
On October 1, 1949, except Chairman Mao, the only one of the national leaders standing on the Tiananmen Gate Tower was Dong Biwu who participated in the First Congress of the Communist Party of China. As early as during the revolution, Dong Biwu led the Huangma Uprising, founded the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and trained many revolutionary descendants, many of the founding generals were his subordinates.
During the revolution, Dong Biwu mainly led the rear and was not a senior general who directly participated in military command. He served as the president of the Party School and the president of the Supreme Court, and engaged in education and legal management.
Of course, Dong Biwu's ability is not only reflected in education and legal management, but also a good player in united front, diplomacy, economy, etc. He is a polygonal warrior. Although he is old, he is proficient in everything.
After the founding of New China, Premier Zhou needed a good assistant to help, and Dong Biwu is a very good candidate. During Premier Zhou's outing, Dong Biwu presided over the work of the State Council. He briefly took over Premier Zhou's position and did a great job, which was praised by Chairman Mao.
Chen Yun is one of the "Five Secretarys" who focuses on the work of the economic front. After the founding of New China, he served as Premier Zhou's assistant for a long time and was re-elected as Vice Premier for five terms, making great contributions to national economic issues.
Chen Yun is known as the "economic master". He deserves this title. He is one of the most capable economic experts in New China and has received high praise from Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou.
In the early days of the founding of New China, the country was still very poor and urgently needed to improve the national economy. This important task was handed over to Chen Yun. On the economic front, Chen Yun has great ability. Under his management, many of the economic problems in old China were solved, and he made an indelible contribution.
Whether during the leadership of Chairman Mao or Comrade Xiaoping, Chen Yun was an important figure, and the development and improvement of the national economy were inseparable from him. Internationally, Western economists have a very high evaluation of Chen Yun, believing that he was the number one authoritative person in my country's economy at that time.
Guo Moruo is also one of the four vice premiers of New China. We all know that he is a famous writer and has written many excellent works.In fact, Guo Moruo joined the Communist Party as early as the Nanchang Uprising and can be regarded as an old party member.
Guo Moruo is one of the founders of Chinese new poetry. He has written many works and made great contributions to the field of literature. After the founding of New China, Guo Moruo was entrusted with important tasks and became Vice Premier of the State Council, assisting Premier Zhou in completing the corresponding work.
In addition, according to Guo Moruo's ability and strengths, he was also appointed as the director of the Cultural Education Committee. This position can better play the abilities of Mr. Guo in , which is very suitable for him.
Huang Yanpei is a famous educator and has a high prestige among democratic people. He is a talented person. He passed the imperial examination in the late Qing Dynasty and could have become an official and enjoyed his fortune. However, in order to save the old China, he resolutely chose to participate in the revolution, went through life and death, and saved the country from water and fire with industry.
From the founding of New China, Huang Yanpei saw through the dark corruption of the Republic of China under the rule of Chiang Kai-shek and made an oath to not be an official. After the founding of New China, Premier Zhou respected Huang Yanpei a very strong education practitioner and personally took action to ask him to serve as the deputy prime minister.
At first, Huang Yanpei made an oath to not become an official in his early years, and was too old to be afraid that he would not be able to help, so he deliberately refused. Premier Zhou advised: In the old society, he was an official, but now he was a people's government. He was not an official, but serving the people. . At the sincere invitation of Premier Zhou, Huang Yanpei agreed to come out and work tirelessly to continue to do practical things for the people.
While considering the appointment of the position of the State Council, Premier Zhou did his best to avoid relatives and did not allow his wife Deng Yingchao to participate in the work of the State Council. According to revolutionary qualifications and ability, Deng Yingchao can completely take up a ministerial position. Someone speaks up for her. Premier Zhou patiently explained:
I am the Prime Minister of the government. If Deng Yingchao is a minister of the government, then I, as the Prime Minister, will not be able to distinguish between me and her minister. People will regard what her minister said and what she did as my support... As long as I am the Prime Minister for one day, Deng Yingchao will not be able to serve in the government.
Premier Zhou is so fair and selfless. As the Prime Minister, he has set an example and set a good start for his subordinates. After a period of hard work, the first "cabinet" of New China, personally chaired by Premier Zhou, was perfectly formed.
From the candidates for the Vice Premier, we can see that Premier Zhou is humble and pragmatic in his work and has done a very good job in various personnel arrangements. It is difficult not to be convinced.
