Part I Going to Beiping to “take the test”

Since its founding, the CPC has strived for the wellbeing of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its purpose and mission. It dedicated itself to the independence of the Chinese nation, the liberation of the people and the building of New China. The Chinese people, under the Party’s first-generation collective leadership with Mao Zedong at its core, were marching toward nation-wide victory in the great War of Liberation.

Part II Arriving at Xiangshan

On March 25, 1949, headed by Mao Zedong and other central leaders, the CPC Central Committee and the headquarters of the PLA arrived at Xiangshan, which became the seat of the CPC Central Committee until the founding of New China. It was here in Xiangshan that Mao Zedong and Zhu De issued the order to liberate the entire country.

Part III Commanding the War to Liberate the Whole of China

The victories of the Liaoshen, Huaihai and Pingjin Campaigns set the stage for securing nation-wide victory of the Chinese revolution. Due to internal and external pressure, the Kuomintang government was forced to issue a statement to “sue for peace”. In order to bring a speedy end to the war and restore peace country-wide as quickly as possible, the CPC agreed to hold peace talks with the Kuomintang government. However, the talks broke down when the Kuomintang government refused to sign the Agreement on Internal Peace (final amendment). Consequently, the CPC Central Military Commission thus ordered the PLA to cross the Yangtze River. One million PLA troops crossed the Yangtze River and liberated Nanjing, capital of the Kuomintang government, putting an end to the 22-year reactionary rule of Kuomintang. Following the unified arrangement of the CPC Central Military Commission, PLA troops marched ahead and engaged in battles in the north, northwest, east, south-central and southwest parts of China, and liberated the entire country.

Part IV Setting the Stage for the Founding of New China

As the final victory of the War of Liberation drew near, convening the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and founding the People’s Republic of China became pressing priorities for the country. The CPC Central Committee, Mao Zedong and other leaders invited to Xiangshan heads of non-Communist parties and public figures without party affiliation to discuss plans for founding the People’s Republic of China. The following steps were taken: The Common Program of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, which was an interim constitution in nature, was drafted, discussed and passed. Preparations for convening the first meeting of the CPPCC were made; a decision on the institutional structure of both the state and the government of New China was made, and major guidelines and policies on political, economic cultural, diplomatic, defense and other important issues concerning New China were formulated. It was decided to form the Central People’s Government and hold the Founding Ceremony of New China.

Part V Staying True to Our Original Purpose, Firmly Keeping in Mind Our Mission and Forging Ahead

While in Xiangshan, Beijing, the CPC Central Committee and Mao Zedong led the Chinese people to nation-wide victory in the War of Liberation and founded the People’s Republic of China. Since then, one generation after another, we Chinese Communists have kept alive the revolutionary tradition and forged ahead. We have stayed true to our original purpose and kept our historic mission in mind. With resolve, tenacity and a pioneering spirit, we completed the socialist revolution and established the fundamental socialist system. We have spared no effort in exploring the path of socialism and carrying out reform and opening-up and socialist modernization of China. We are now advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and forging ahead to realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.