On this day, 72 years ago, on January 13, 1953 (November 28, 1952, the Constitution Drafting Committee of the People's Republic of China was established in Beijing. On January 13, 1953, the Constitution Drafting Committee of the People's Republic of China was established in Beijing, responsible for drafting the first Constitution of the People's Republic of China. On January 13, 1953, the 20th meeting of the Central People's Government Committee adopted a resolution on convening the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at all levels. The resolution pointed out that in 1953, people's congresses at all levels of township, county, and provincial (city) elected by the people through universal suffrage were convened, and on this basis, the National People's Congress was subsequently convened. At this National People's Congress, a constitution will be formulated. In order to carry out the work of drafting the constitution, the Constitution Drafting Committee of the People's Republic of China was established with Mao Zedong as chairman. On March 24, 1954, the Constitution Drafting Committee of the People's Republic of China held its first meeting. Chairman Mao Zedong proposed the "Draft Constitution of the People's Republic of China (First Draft)" drafted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The Constitution Drafting Committee accepted the first draft constitution and organized more than 8000 representatives from democratic parties, people's organizations and all sectors of society in Beijing and some large cities across the country. They spent more than two months discussing the first draft. Based on the first draft and after revision, the Constitution Drafting Committee adopted the "Draft Constitution of the People's Republic of China" at its meeting on June 1, 1954 and submitted the draft to the Central People's Government Committee for discussion. On June 14, the Central People's Government Committee adopted the "Draft Constitution of the People's Republic of China" and decided to publish the draft and conduct a national discussion. A total of 150 million people participated in the discussion, which lasted more than two months. On September 9, the Central People's Government Committee held a meeting to discuss and adopt the revised "Constitution of the People's Republic of China (Draft)" based on the opinions put forward in the national discussion. On September 12, the Constitution Drafting Committee discussed and approved the Constitution Drafting Committee's report on the "Constitution of the People's Republic of China (Draft)" made by the Committee to the First Session of the First National People's Congress. At the first session of the First National People's Congress held on September 15, the Constitution Drafting Committee proposed the "Constitution of the People's Republic of China (Draft)" to the General Assembly. Liu Shaoqi delivered the "Report on the Draft Constitution of the People's Republic of China" on behalf of the Constitution Drafting Committee. On September 20, the first session of the First National People's Congress adopted the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (the 1954 Constitution) by secret ballot.