77 years ago today, on May 1, 1948 (March 23, 1948 lunar calendar), Mao Zedong proposed to hold a new CPPCC meeting, which was responded to by all walks of life. On May 1, 1948, Chairperson Mao Zedong of the CPC Central Committee called Li Jishen, Chairperson of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and Shen Junru, member of the Central Standing Committee of the China Democratic League, and proposed to hold a new political consultation meeting first, hoping that the Democratic Revolution, the Democratic League and the Communist Party of China would be jointly carried out. The call was immediately received by the Democratic Revolution, the Democratic League and other democratic parties, various people's organizations, overseas Chinese groups, and non-partisan democrats. On the 4th, 120 groups in Singapore held a meeting 100,000 overseas Chinese. The meeting passed a resolution and called the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to support the idea of convening a new CPPC On May 5, various democratic parties called Mao Zedong to approve the convening of a new CPPCC and the establishment of a democratic coalition government. From the 7th to the 20th, overseas Chinese groups in Malaysia issued telegrams and declarations to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, supporting the convening of a new CPPCC and the establishment of a coalition government. Since August, representatives of all parties have arrived in the liberated areas one after another to work with the representatives of the Communist Party of China on all aspects of the preparations for the new CPPCC.