At 2 pm on October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China held its founding ceremony. Mao Zedong declared on the Tiananmen Gate Tower in Beijing that the People's Republic of China and the Central People's Government were established.
In June 1949, the preparatory meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference decided to hold the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949 in Tiananmen Square in Peking. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon on October 1, the earth burst into joy. Two great men, Mao Zedong and Zhu De, who had just taken office as Chairman of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, were the first to board the Tiananmen Rostrum. When Lin Boqu announced the start, to the sound of the national anthem "March of the Volunteers", the Chairman, Vice Chairman and members of the Central People's Government took their seats. The people's leader Mao Zedong solemnly announced: "Compatriots, the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established today!"
Mao Zedong personally pressed the button, and the first five-star red flag rose in Tiananmen Square. rise. At the same time, 54 gun salutes from 54 units representing the Communist Party of China participating in the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference fired 28 times.
After the flag-raising, Mao Zedong read out the "Announcement of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China", followed by a massive military parade and mass demonstrations. The celebration ended at around 9 o'clock that evening.
The founding of the People's Republic of China ushered in a new era in Chinese history. Since then, China has ended its humiliating history of being invaded and enslaved for more than a hundred years, and has truly become an independent country. The Chinese people have since stood up and become the masters of the country. The founding of New China has strengthened the forces of world peace, democracy and socialism, and inspired the world's oppressed nations and oppressed people to fight for liberation.