153 years ago today, on April 20, 1872 (March 13, 1872 lunar calendar), Comrade Zhang Lan, the founding father of New China, was born. Zhang Lan (April 20, 1872 - February 9, 1955), male, character table Fang, Han nationality, born in 1872, from Nanchong, Sichuan (now Lianchi Township, Xichong County). In 1941, he participated in the launch of the China Democratic Political League (changed to the China Democratic League in 1944). In October 1941, he served as the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the China Democratic Political League after Huang Yanpei. He served as the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Democratic League and the chairman of the first Central Committee of the Democratic League until February 9, 1955. He died at the age of 83. When he was young, he studied with his father. At the age of 25, he was a middle school scholar and made up for his students. He taught at Nanchong Township School and Guang'an Zixing Academy successively. In 1902, he entered Chengdu Zunjing Academy for further study, specializing in scripture and history. Due to his excellent grades, he was selected to study and educate at Hongwen Academy in Tokyo, Japan. During his study abroad, he was regarded as a rebellion for advocating the Nara family (Cixi) to retreat from the dynasty, and was escorted back to China by the Qing court minister in Japan. After returning to China, he actively engaged in education, founding primary schools, middle schools and girls' schools, and implementing new-style education. In 1911, he led the Sichuan Road Protection Movement, which marked the national awakening, and opposed the Qing government's betrayal of the country. He promoted the great uprising of the people in Sichuan, which became the trigger of the 1911 Revolution and was praised by Sun Yat-sen. After the 1911 Revolution, he served as a consolation envoy to Chu After the restoration of the republic, he served as Daoyin of Jialing Road in Sichuan, presided over the government of northern Sichuan, and was promoted to the governor of Sichuan Province in 1917. Although the time was short, he made a lot of achievements. In 1918, the "Sichuan Provincial Governor's Office" was established in Beijing. During the May 4th Movement, he served as the executive director of the Beijing Morning Post and vigorously promoted democracy and science. During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Lan served as a political member of the National Suffrage Committee. In 1941, he participated in the establishment of the China Democratic Political League (later changed to the China Democratic League). He succeeded Huang Yanpei as the chairperson of the Central Committee of the Democratic League in October 1941 until his death in February 1955. He led the Democratic League to always support the Communist Party of China, adhere to the Anti-Japanese War, and oppose surrender; adhere to unity and oppose division; adhere to progress and oppose retrogression. In 1943, he wrote the article "China Needs Real Democracy", exposing the deception of the Kuomintang's "implementation of constitutionalism" and clarifying the democratic political proposition of the NLD, which made outstanding contributions to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he led the NLD to respond to the CCP's proposition of unity, reunification and peaceful national construction, firmly aligned with the Communist Party, and opposed the civil war. In December 1945, he sent a letter to the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, putting forward the views of the NLD on the issues of unity, democracy, military affairs, and national construction, calling on the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to order a truce on New Year's Day in 1946. In 1946, he represented the NLD as the chief representative of the old CPPCC. After the outbreak of the civil war, he actively promoted the peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist In November 1947, the Kuomintang government declared the NLD an "illegal organization", and the NLD headquarters was forced to disband. Zhang Lan resolutely issued a personal statement the day after the NLD headquarters was forced to disband, solemnly stating that "my personal belief in the peaceful, democratic reunification and unity of the country, and my determination to work hard for this, will never change. I hope that all the former members of the League will stand in the position of loyal citizens, abide by the scope of the law, and continue to work for the peaceful, democratic reunification and unity of the country, in order to achieve their goals". In January 1948, he wrote a letter to the Third Plenary Session of the NLD Central Committee, supporting the restoration of the NLD headquarters. In 1949, he was placed under house arrest by the Kuomintang government in Shanghai for refusing to go to Taiwan, and was later rescued by the CCP In September 1949, he attended the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and was elected Vice Chairperson of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. After the founding of New China, he participated in the decision-making of the country's major policies with high political enthusiasm and made outstanding contributions to the country's political stability and economic development. In 1954, he was elected Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the First National People's Congress and Vice Chairperson of the Second National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.