1949 Meetings Dates of Meeting: 01-10-1949 Type of Meeting: 1st meeting CPGC Place of Meeting: Attendance: chairs. Mao Zedong Shaoqi Song Qingling Lan Yi Long Saifuding Chen Jiageng Ulanfu Xu Teli Chang Liu Geping Ma Yinchu Moruo Xiaoping Gao Chongmin Shen Yanbing Chen Xutong Situ Meitang Li Xijiu Yanpei Peng Zemin Li Zhuchen Zhang Xiruo Chen Mingshu Tan Pingshan Zhang Nanxian Zhang Dongsun The following 12 members of the Central People's Government failed to attend the meeting: is busy in front of the Tiananmen Gate for the final inspection [in in southern in the Hexi Corridor in Xi'an in in in in Recuperates in due to illness [specially invited person] has moved from Kunming to Li Zhangda is still stranded in , which is to be liberated. Major Agenda Items: Establishment of government Speeches/Reports:

Other Decisions and/or Actions: Lin Boqu was elected as Secretary-General; Mao Zedong: Chairman of the People’s Revolutionary Military Committee, Zhu De: Commander-in-Chief of the People’s Liberation Army , Shen Junru: President of the People's Supreme Court, Luo Ronghuan: Chief Prosecutor of the People's Procuratorate. Zhou is appointed as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister The meeting announced the establishment of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of . The meeting unanimously decided to accept the "Common Program of the 's Political Consultative Conference" as the government's governance policy. The Announcement declares that the government is the only legitimate government in China and is willing to establish diplomatic relations with foreign governments that abide by the principles of equality and mutual benefit and mutual respect for territorial sovereignty. Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, , and are the deputy prime ministers; Xu Qianqian is the general staff Chief, Nie Rongzhen is deputy chief of general staff. Remarks: