The Founding Ceremony of the People's Republic of China
On October 1, 1949, 300,000 soldiers and local citizens assembled in Tian'anmen Square to attend the grand founding ceremony of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
At 14:00, the Central People's Government Council elected by the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held its first meeting. Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central People's Government, vice chairpersons Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Soong Ching Ling (1893-1981), Li Jishen (1885-1959), Zhang Lan (1872-1955) and Gao Gang (1905-1954), Zhou Enlai and 55 other members of the Council took office. The meeting passed a resolution that announced the establishment of the Central People's Government and adopted the Common Program of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as the administrative guideline of the new government.
After the meeting, all the participants mounted the Tian'anmen Rostrum for the founding ceremony of the People's Republic. At 15:00, Lin Boqu, secretary-general of the Central People's Government Council, announced the start of the ceremony. Mao Zedong solemnly proclaimed: "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China is founded today." He pressed a button and hoisted the first five-star red flag of New China. He then read the No. 1 Proclamation of the Central People's Government. This was followed by a military review and a grand parade.
The founding of the People's Republic was a grand event in the history of China, and one of the greatest world events of the 20th century, demonstrating the victory of the Chinese people's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal new democratic revolution under the leadership of the CPC. No more would a small number of exploiters rule the Chinese people and the imperialists enslave the Chinese nation. The Chinese people stood up and became masters of the state. It marked China's great transition from several thousand years of feudal autocracy to a people's democracy, and a new era began for the Chinese nation.
开国大典
1949年10月1日，30万军民在北京天安门广场集会，隆重举行了中华人民共和国中央人民政府成立典礼，史称“开国大典”。
当日下午2时，中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议选举产生的中央人民政府委员会举行了第一次会议。中央人民政府主席毛泽东，副主席朱德、刘少奇、宋庆龄、李济深、张澜、高岗以及周恩来等56名中央人民政府委员宣布就职。会议一致决议，宣布中华人民共和国中央人民政府成立，接受《中国人民政治协商会议共同纲领》为施政方针。
会议结束后，中央人民政府主席、副主席及各位委员前往天安门城楼出席开国典礼。下午3时，中央人民政府委员会秘书长林伯渠宣布典礼开始。毛泽东向全世界庄严宣布：“中华人民共和国中央人民政府今天成立了！”在《义勇军进行曲》的雄壮旋律中，毛泽东按动电钮，新中国第一面鲜艳的五星红旗冉冉升起。随即，毛主席向全世界宣读中央人民政府第一号公告。接着举行了盛大的阅兵式和群众游行。
中华人民共和国的成立，标志着中国共产党领导的人民大众的反帝反封建的新民主主义革命的胜利，是中国有史以来最伟大的事件，也是20世纪世界最伟大的事件之一。它彻底结束了少数剥削者统治广大劳动人民和帝国主义奴役中国各族人民的历史，中国人民从此当家作主成为国家的主人，实现了中国从几千年封建专制政治向人民民主的伟大飞跃，中华民族发展进步从此开启了新纪元。
