Oriental Network reporter Bao Yongting reported on October 6: 70 years ago, the People's Republic of China was established; 70 years later, China, which entered a new era, has stood proudly in the east of the world. Historian Chapter Baijia html was a guest study reading club 4 days ago. Starting from five important time nodes, he shared with readers on the scene that turned the world around before and after the founding of New China from 1945 to 1954.
"From 1945 to 1954, the founding of New China happened to be in the middle of this period. The reason I chose these ten years is because the history of these ten years is very wonderful and interesting. From this history, we can see how the Chinese Communists seized the opportunity, resolutely struggled, and guided China toward the socialist path." Zhang Baijia said.
He told readers that this decade of earth-shaking changes is divided into five time nodes. The first node is the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and China is at a crossroads. The second node is the outbreak of China's civil war, and the Communist Party of China led the people and the army to win the Liberation War. The third node is the preparation for the New China, the convening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the establishment of the New China. The fourth node is the consolidation of the New China regime, including restoring and developing the economy, resisting the United States and aiding Korea. The fifth node is the transition of New China from the new democratic system to the socialist system.
During the lecture, Zhang Baijia not only introduced the historical framework, but also started from the details, such as introducing the origin of National Day to the audience. "We all know that October 1st is National Day. If you go through the newspapers of that year, you will find something very interesting." On September 21, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened, and Mao Zedong announced at the meeting that the Chinese people had stood up from now on. The next day, the title of the editorial of " People's Daily " was "Old China perished, New China was born!" 》. On October 1, 1949, the founding ceremony of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was held at Beijing Tiananmen Square .
Why is National Day October 1st every year? On October 9, 1949, at the first meeting of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Member Xu Guangping spoke: "Messeng Ma Xulun cannot come for leave. He asked me to say that the founding of the People's Republic of China should have a National Day, so I hope that this association will decide to set October 1 as National Day." After hearing this, Mao Zedong was very supportive and immediately stated: "We should make a proposal, suggest to the government, and the government will decide." In December 1949, the Fourth Session of the Central People's Government Committee passed the "Resolution on National Day of the People's Republic of China ", which stipulates that October 1 of each year is the National Day of the People's Republic of China.
After the founding of New China, everything was in trouble. How to consolidate the new regime? Zhang Baijia used "several sets of gongs and drums to describe: the abolition of all unequal treaties and the abolition of imperialism's privileges in China has fundamentally changed the foundation of China and the world relations, and opened up a broad road for China and other countries to establish a new type of equal and mutually beneficial state relations; carried out land reforms, completely eliminated feudal land ownership, liberated agricultural productivity; restored and developed the national economy, focusing on solving inflation and fiscal deficits; the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea inspired the fighting spirit of the Chinese people; various democratic reforms, such as abolishing polygamy and factory body-search system; carried out suppression of counter-revolutionary movements, and consolidated the regime.
Looking back at this history before and after the founding of New China, Zhang Baijia summarized: "The Communist Party of China has shown strong leadership ability, which has had a huge impact on China's historical development, and can even be said to have changed the direction of history."
