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The Origin of the Name of "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference"
On September 21, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference was solemnly opened in Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai, Beiping. The meeting performed the functions and powers of the National People's Congress, adopted the common program of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference with the nature of the provisional constitution, elected the Central People's Government Committee and announced the establishment of the the People's Republic of China. As a result, the "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" has become an important organizational form of democratic politics with Chinese characteristics. However, people familiar with modern Chinese history generally know that there have been "Political Consultative Conference" and "New Political Consultative Conference" in history ". So, what is the relationship between "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" and them? How did the name come from? In this regard, it is necessary to sort out and examine the history.
From the Kuomintang-Communist Chongqing negotiations to the release of the "May 1 slogan" of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the name "Political Consultative Conference" was used during this period.
In September 1944, Lin Boqu, the representative of the Communist Party of China, proposed at the Chongqing National Participation Conference to convene a "National Conference" convened by the National Government to convene representatives of all parties, factions, anti-Japanese armed forces, and people's organizations to end the one-party dictatorship and organize the anti-Japanese parties. The idea of a coalition government. In January 1945, the CCP proposed to hold a "party meeting" as a preparatory meeting for the "national affairs meeting", but the suspicious Kuomintang proposed to hold a "political consultation meeting". In fact, whether it is a "party meeting" or a "political advisory meeting", its content and form are similar to the later "Political Consultative Conference".
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Communist Party and the Kuomintang held negotiations in Chongqing. The two sides agreed that "the National Government will convene a political consultation meeting to invite representatives of all parties and social dignitaries to negotiate the status of the country to discuss the peaceful nation-building plan and the convening of the National Assembly". In January 1946, the "Political Consultative Conference" was held in Chongqing (hereinafter referred to as the "Old CPPCC"). The resolutions passed at the meeting, including government organizations, military issues, peaceful nation-building guidelines, draft constitution, and National Assembly, were soon torn up by the Kuomintang. However, the consultative spirit and name of the Political Consultative Conference were inherited by our party.
In the spring of 1948, our army turned to a strategic offensive and achieved a major victory. The establishment of New China was already before the leaders of the Communist Party of China. On April 27, Mao Zedong wrote to Liu Ren, Minister of the Urban Work Department of the Jinchaji Central Bureau, asking him to tell the democrats Zhang Dongsun and Fu Dingyi in Peiping that the CCP intends to invite them to the liberated areas to participate in various democratic parties and people's organizations. The meeting discussed the convening of the People's Congress and the establishment of a democratic coalition government. "The name of the meeting is to be called the Political Consultative Conference". On April 30, the "May 1 slogan" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China publicly used the name "Political Consultative Conference", calling on "all democratic parties, people's organizations, and social sages to quickly convene a political consultative conference to discuss and realize the convening of the People's Congress and the establishment of a democratic coalition government". On May 1, Mao Zedong pointed out in a letter to democrats Li Jishen and Shen Junru that in order to convene the People's Congress and establish a democratic coalition government, representatives of various democratic parties and people's organizations must first be invited to convene a meeting. It should be named the Political Consultative Conference ".
Some time after the "May Day Slogan" was released, CPC and democrats used names such as "New CPPCC Conference"
The "May 1 slogan" of the CPC Central Committee immediately received a positive response from democratic parties and personages without party affiliation. In order to distinguish it from the "old CPPCC", the CPC and democratic parties, democratic personages and overseas Chinese groups used the "new political Consultative Conference", "New political Consultative Conference" and "New CPPCC Conference" in their declarations or statements"
Source: Beijing Daily