On this day 59 years ago, on February 17, 1966 (January 28, 1966 in the lunar calendar), Chen Shutong, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, passed away. Chen Shutong (1876~ 1966) Chinese political activist, patriotic democrat. A native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Hanlin in the late Qing Dynasty. After the Sino-Japanese War, he studied in Japan and participated in the Reform Movement of the 1930s. After the Revolution of 1911, he served as a member of the first House of Representatives of the National Assembly. He participated in the struggle against Yuan Shikai. Since then, he has served as a director of Shanghai Commercial Press and a director of Zhejiang Industrial Bank for a long time. Participated in anti-Japanese rescue activities during the Anti-Japanese War. On the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he participated in the organization of the Shanghai Federation of People's Organizations from After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as a member of the Central People's Government, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, vice chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and chairperson of the first, second, and third sessions of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He died in Beijing on February 17, 1966. Chen Shutong died on February 17, 1966. Chen Shutong was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He studied at a young age and had deep attainments in poetry and ancient texts. At the age of 26 (1902), he was promoted to the Chinese Academy in the middle of the following year. He also took the senior high school entrance examination and was taught to edit by the Hanlin Academy. After the Sino-Japanese War in the First Sino-Japanese War, the imperialist countries stepped up their aggression against China, and the national crisis was unprecedented. Uncle worried about the country and the people, yearned for the reform movement, and sympathized with Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. Tan In 1904, Chen Shutong traveled eastward to Japan to study at Hosei University, hoping to learn from the experience of the Meiji Restoration in order to seek a good strategy for saving the country. After graduating from China in 1906, he served as a member of the Constitutional Investigation Bureau a year later, and in 1910 he served as an elected member of the Qing Government Sensei. He was enthusiastic about social reform and advocated women's liberation. He was one of the founders of the Hangzhou Girls' School and the famous private Anding Middle School. He was also the founder of Hangzhou's "Vernacular Daily" and wrote and published two books, "Political Science" and "General Theory of Law". During the 1911 Revolution, the Republic of China was established. Chen Shutong was elected as a member of the first National Assembly by Zhejiang Province and also served as the manager of the Beijing Daily, hoping to contribute to state affairs. However, Yuan Shikai seized the fruits of the revolution, dissolved the National Assembly, and plotted to restore the imperial system. Uncle participated in the anti-Yuan struggle launched by Liang Qichao, Cai E, etc., and resigned as the manager of the Beijing Daily. In August 1915, at the invitation of Zhang Jusheng (Yuanji), he left Beijing and went south to work in the Commercial Press. At the same time, he established an anti-Yuan contact point in Shanghai. On December 25 of the same year, Cai E asked Yuan in the Yunnan uprising, and Liang Qichao went to Guangdong and Guangxi to instigate. At first, most of the military and political dignitaries in the southwest provinces took a wait-and-see attitude, and the progress of the National Defense Army was not very smooth. At that time, Feng Guozhang, the supervisor of Jiangsu, was a point person, and his secretary-general Hu Si Ai had a deep friendship with Uncle. Uncle borrowed Feng's "Huami" telegram book through Hu's relationship, and electrified the southwest provinces to launch anti-Yuan. The provincial dignitaries who received the "Huami" telegram thought that Feng Guozhang had made an internal response, so they responded one after another and declared independence, and the national protection movement flourished in various places. Seeing that the situation was over, Yuan Shikai was forced to announce the abolition of the monarchy in March 1916, and died in a hurry in June. The Commercial Press was the largest publishing institution in our country at that time, with three editing, printing and distribution institutions, and branches in important cities in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and other places, forming a huge sales network. After the uncle entered the museum, he found that the three institutions were operating independently and lacked coordination. Therefore, he suggested that a general affairs office should be established on top of the three institutions to serve as the highest administrative decision-making body in the museum for unified leadership. The board of directors adopted this suggestion and asked him to serve as the director. During his tenure, he gradually established and perfected a scientific management system. The speed, quality and sales service of the Commercial Press were all in a leading position in the domestic industry, and made significant contributions to the development of culture and education in our country. Later, Chen Shutong was invited by Ye Kuichu, chairperson of Zhejiang Industrial Bank, to serve as the bank's resident managing director. He worked conscientiously, handled things rigorously, and had a good reputation in the society. Chen Shutong engaged in industrial and commercial finance in 1915. He was determined not to be in the company of bureaucrats and politicians, and refused all invitations from Beiyang warlords and the Kuomintang government. When he visited the Diaotai in Yanziling, he wrote a poem, "Attaching a phoenix and climbing a dragon to humiliate, how is it like a sheep fur in Daze." It was precisely because he did not want to "follow the wind and climb the dragon" that he named his apartment "There is something not to be done for Zhai". But he always kept in mind the safety of the country and the suffering of the people. In the era of warlords fighting and fighting everywhere, he was worried and sad, and he was thinking about the way to save the country and the times. He loved plum blossoms very much in his daily life, praising it for its "highest character, cold resistance and backbone". He searched for hundreds of genuine plum paintings by celebrities and named his study "Baimei Bookstore" to express his integrity. The "September 18th" Incident occurred, and the Japanese invaded the three remaining cities in the northeast. The Anti-Japanese War broke out in Shanghai. Chen Shutong actively participated in the collection of labor army activities. In the "July 7th" Incident in 1937, the Japanese invaders launched a comprehensive war of aggression against China. This year, the uncle was 61 years old. In his poem, he wrote: "The sky is full of military energy, and the wind is stained with dust." In his twilight years, he suffered the pain of broken rivers and mountains, and his heart was very sad. He eagerly hoped that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would cooperate to defeat the powerful enemy. In response to the refusal of the main Kuomintang authorities to give up their anti-communist policy and repeatedly delay the behavior of fighter jets, in the poem "Lugou Bridge Tour", he issued an angry condemnation of "repeatedly mistaken Weiergu, Erguergu ten thousand people's fingers". At that time, the environment in Shanghai was very dangerous. Chen Shutong closed his doors and thanked guests. Despite the repeated threats of the enemy, he resolutely refused to hold a pseudo-post. In his poem to his friends, he said that he would "cherish the phase until the evening festival." In August 1945, the Japanese invaders surrendered unconditionally, and Chen Shutong was happy and could not But he had long hated the corruption, incompetence and dictatorship of the Kuomintang government, and in his ecstasy, he had deep worries about the future of the country. At that time, someone invited him to become an official, and he replied: "My brother is under the rule of the party, and he has sworn to serve." After a long period of observation and reflection, Chen Shutong realized that only the Communist Party of China is the source of light and hope for the Chinese nation. At a serious moment when the Kuomintang authorities ignored the suffering of the people of the whole country who had suffered a long war and longed for peace and stability, and deliberately provoked a full-scale civil war, he was unwilling to "bear to watch Shenzhou be robbed by the neck, and finally stood up at an old age. In response to the call of the Communist Party of China, he threw himself into the torrent of anti-civil war, struggle for peace, anti-dictatorship and struggle for Chen Shutong participated in the preparations for the Shanghai Federation of People's Organizations from All Sides, actively participated in the patriotic and democratic movement, and often delivered incisive opinions at relevant meetings, which were valued by all parties. In May 1947, Shanghai students held anti-civil war propaganda demonstrations, and the Kuomintang Shanghai Security Command arrested a large number of students. Chen Shutong immediately joined Zhang Jusheng, Tang Weizhi, Li Bake, Ye Kuichu, Zhang Guogan, Hu Zaoqing, Xiang Lansheng, Qian Ziyan, Chen Zhongshu and other elderly people to jointly name, and sent letters to Wu Guozhen (Mayor of Shanghai) and Xuan Tiewu (Commander of Shanghai Security), demanding the immediate release of the arrested students, which caused strong repercussions in the society. This was the popular "Ten Elders Letter" at that time. The Kuomintang authorities had to release the arrested students due to public opinion. The anti-hunger, anti-civil war, and anti-persecution movement quickly spread to more than 60 cities in the Kuomintang. This summer, the Kuomintang authorities forced schools to dismiss more than 30 progressive professors. After Chen Shutong found out, he asked Zhang Jusheng for assistance, and the Commercial Press allocated a sum of funds to support these professors in the name of subsidizing cultural groups. In the summer of 1947, the Kuomintang government issued the so-called "General Mobilization Order for Prospecting Rebellion" to intensify its suppression of the Communists and revolutionary people in the Kuomintang areas. In October, it declared the Democratic League an "illegal organization." Some democrats in Shanghai at that time were forced to go underground or evacuate. Ma Xulun, who had a deep friendship with Chen Shutong, also left Shanghai for Hong Kong. Chen Shutong stayed in Shanghai and persisted in the struggle. He often wrote down the anti-Chiang struggle in Shanghai and his opinions and suggestions on various issues in secret letters and took them to Hong Kong to maintain close contact with the Communist Party of China. In the face of white terror, Chen Shutong took his personal safety in equanimity. Chen Breto, the director of Chiang Kai-shek's attendant office, told him: "I have twice checked your name off the list of Communist Party suspects. If you want to engage in activities in the future, I will be helpless. 1 He laughed it off and asked someone to tell Chen Brei:" I also urge you to wash your hands as soon as possible and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. "Faced with the economic collapse and the military defeat, the Kuomintang authorities launched a peace talks offensive in the summer of 1948 in order to gain a breather. They encouraged some of Shanghai's royal literati and politicians to plan" electrification of a thousand people "in an attempt to play the so-called game of negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Some people asked Chen Shutong to sign the" electrification of a thousand people ", but he strictly refused. In a letter to his friends, he pointed out:" This is a revolution, and we hope for a complete revolution. "" We must cooperate with our friends (referring to the Communist Party). "No friends, that is, we are today, and we will not be in the future." He expressed his unswerving standing. Due to the joint resistance of all democratic forces, the so-called "electrification of a thousand people" movement was declared bankrupt. Chen Shutong supported the "May Day" call put forward by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1948 to hold a new CPPCC meeting, and actively put forward many insightful suggestions. Under the arrangement of the Communist Party of China, he sneaked out of Shanghai in January 1949, passed through Hong Kong, and arrived in Peiping in March. He was warmly welcomed and cordially met by the leaders of the Communist Party of China. After the liberation of Shanghai in May 1949, Chen Shutong returned to Shanghai from Peiping with other democrats in Shanghai to publicize the party's principles and policies, and initiated the establishment of a labor and army branch of the industrial and commercial circles to comfort the People's Liberation Army. In June 1949, he attended the preparatory meeting of the New Political Consultative Conference in Peiping and was promoted as deputy director. In September, he attended the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and then attended the founding ceremony of the People's Republic The old man, rejoicing in the prosperous age, sang with great joy: "Seventy-three years ago, I still did not have the title of Zhiteng Qian. Tracing back to the birthday of the liberation, I began to see the glorious revolutionary day." After the founding of New China, Chen Shutong successively served as a member of the Central People's Government Committee, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and other positions. He also served as Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Committee for the Defense of World Peace. He traveled far and wide to attend the World Peace Conference and the World Peace Council. Entrusted by the Communist Party of China, from October 1951, Chen Shutong presided over the preparation of the national organization of the business community. In October 1953, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce was officially established, and Chen Shutong was elected as the chairperson. He closely relied on the leadership of the Communist Party of China, united the broad masses of business people, listened to Chairperson Mao's words, followed the Communist Party, and promoted the country's private industry and commerce to gradually embark on the socialist road. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, our country successfully completed the socialist transformation of capitalist industry and commerce in a peaceful manner, and the former industry and commerce became socialist laborers. This is a great innovation. Chen Shutong bowed to this matter, worked hard, devoted all his energy to his later years, and made outstanding contributions. He was praised by the leading comrades of the Communist Party of China, and was also respected and deeply missed by the comrades in the business community. Chen Shutong firmly believes in the leadership of the Party and the final victory of the socialist cause. During three difficult years, he proposed the famous couplet "Remembering the population of six hundred million with one heart, and seeing the nine fingers clearly with two eyes" to encourage everyone not to lose confidence due to the temporary difficulties in front of them. This couplet has been widely recited in the business community. He is very concerned about the unity of the motherland, and once wrote a poem "not restored to Taiwan, looking through the eyes", expressing his sincere feelings. Chen Shutong called himself "despicable and rough, and he can speak whatever he wants." He always spoke out of public heart and generosity about the affairs of the party and the country. He once told friends: "I am convinced from practice that the leaders of the Communist Party sincerely listen to the opinions of the people, and we must be responsible for the future of the country with the spirit of being the master of the country. There is nothing to worry about." After the founding of New China, Chen Shutong donated all the treasures of Baimei Tu and other precious cultural relics to the country. He was able to write poetry, and he wrote many poems in his life. At the age of 70, he personally deleted and published a volume of Poems from Baimei Bookstore. Chen Shutong experienced important historical periods such as the Eighteen Years Coup, the Revolution of 1911, Yuan's proclamation as emperor, the melee of warlords, the invasion of Japanese invaders, and the rule of the Kuomintang in his life. He worried about the country and the people, painstakingly explored, and finally found the leadership of the Communist Party of China in his later years. He participated in the New Democratic Revolution, the socialist revolution, and the cause of socialist construction. He became a patriotic democratic fighter by a late Qing When we commemorate Chen Shutong, we must learn from his life-long pursuit of truth and sincere patriotism; learn from his revolutionary spirit of sincerely accepting the leadership of the Communist Party of China and resolutely taking the socialist road; learn from his noble qualities of continuous learning, continuous progress, and tireless old age.On this day 59 years ago, on February 17, 1966 (January 28, 1966 in the lunar calendar), Chen Shutong, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, passed away. Chen Shutong (1876~ 1966) Chinese political activist, patriotic democrat. A native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Hanlin in the late Qing Dynasty. After the Sino-Japanese War, he studied in Japan and participated in the Reform Movement of the 1930s. After the Revolution of 1911, he served as a member of the first House of Representatives of the National Assembly. He participated in the struggle against Yuan Shikai. Since then, he has served as a director of Shanghai Commercial Press and a director of Zhejiang Industrial Bank for a long time. Participated in anti-Japanese rescue activities during the Anti-Japanese War. On the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he participated in the organization of the Shanghai Federation of People's Organizations from After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as a member of the Central People's Government, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, vice chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and chairperson of the first, second, and third sessions of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He died in Beijing on February 17, 1966. Chen Shutong died on February 17, 1966. Chen Shutong was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He studied at a young age and had deep attainments in poetry and ancient texts. At the age of 26 (1902), he was promoted to the Chinese Academy in the middle of the following year. He also took the senior high school entrance examination and was taught to edit by the Hanlin Academy. After the Sino-Japanese War in the First Sino-Japanese War, the imperialist countries stepped up their aggression against China, and the national crisis was unprecedented. Uncle worried about the country and the people, yearned for the reform movement, and sympathized with Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. Tan In 1904, Chen Shutong traveled eastward to Japan to study at Hosei University, hoping to learn from the experience of the Meiji Restoration in order to seek a good strategy for saving the country. After graduating from China in 1906, he served as a member of the Constitutional Investigation Bureau a year later, and in 1910 he served as an elected member of the Qing Government Sensei. He was enthusiastic about social reform and advocated women's liberation. He was one of the founders of the Hangzhou Girls' School and the famous private Anding Middle School. He was also the founder of Hangzhou's "Vernacular Daily" and wrote and published two books, "Political Science" and "General Theory of Law". During the 1911 Revolution, the Republic of China was established. Chen Shutong was elected as a member of the first National Assembly by Zhejiang Province and also served as the manager of the Beijing Daily, hoping to contribute to state affairs. However, Yuan Shikai seized the fruits of the revolution, dissolved the National Assembly, and plotted to restore the imperial system. Uncle participated in the anti-Yuan struggle launched by Liang Qichao, Cai E, etc., and resigned as the manager of the Beijing Daily. In August 1915, at the invitation of Zhang Jusheng (Yuanji), he left Beijing and went south to work in the Commercial Press. At the same time, he established an anti-Yuan contact point in Shanghai. On December 25 of the same year, Cai E asked Yuan in the Yunnan uprising, and Liang Qichao went to Guangdong and Guangxi to instigate. At first, most of the military and political dignitaries in the southwest provinces took a wait-and-see attitude, and the progress of the National Defense Army was not very smooth. At that time, Feng Guozhang, the supervisor of Jiangsu, was a point person, and his secretary-general Hu Si Ai had a deep friendship with Uncle. Uncle borrowed Feng's "Huami" telegram book through Hu's relationship, and electrified the southwest provinces to launch anti-Yuan. The provincial dignitaries who received the "Huami" telegram thought that Feng Guozhang had made an internal response, so they responded one after another and declared independence, and the national protection movement flourished in various places. Seeing that the situation was over, Yuan Shikai was forced to announce the abolition of the monarchy in March 1916, and died in a hurry in June. The Commercial Press was the largest publishing institution in our country at that time, with three editing, printing and distribution institutions, and branches in important cities in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and other places, forming a huge sales network. After the uncle entered the museum, he found that the three institutions were operating independently and lacked coordination. Therefore, he suggested that a general affairs office should be established on top of the three institutions to serve as the highest administrative decision-making body in the museum for unified leadership. The board of directors adopted this suggestion and asked him to serve as the director. During his tenure, he gradually established and perfected a scientific management system. The speed, quality and sales service of the Commercial Press were all in a leading position in the domestic industry, and made significant contributions to the development of culture and education in our country. Later, Chen Shutong was invited by Ye Kuichu, chairperson of Zhejiang Industrial Bank, to serve as the bank's resident managing director. He worked conscientiously, handled things rigorously, and had a good reputation in the society. Chen Shutong engaged in industrial and commercial finance in 1915. He was determined not to be in the company of bureaucrats and politicians, and refused all invitations from Beiyang warlords and the Kuomintang government. When he visited the Diaotai in Yanziling, he wrote a poem, "Attaching a phoenix and climbing a dragon to humiliate, how is it like a sheep fur in Daze." It was precisely because he did not want to "follow the wind and climb the dragon" that he named his apartment "There is something not to be done for Zhai". But he always kept in mind the safety of the country and the suffering of the people. In the era of warlords fighting and fighting everywhere, he was worried and sad, and he was thinking about the way to save the country and the times. He loved plum blossoms very much in his daily life, praising it for its "highest character, cold resistance and backbone". He searched for hundreds of genuine plum paintings by celebrities and named his study "Baimei Bookstore" to express his integrity. The "September 18th" Incident occurred, and the Japanese invaded the three remaining cities in the northeast. The Anti-Japanese War broke out in Shanghai. Chen Shutong actively participated in the collection of labor army activities. In the "July 7th" Incident in 1937, the Japanese invaders launched a comprehensive war of aggression against China. This year, the uncle was 61 years old. In his poem, he wrote: "The sky is full of military energy, and the wind is stained with dust." In his twilight years, he suffered the pain of broken rivers and mountains, and his heart was very sad. He eagerly hoped that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would cooperate to defeat the powerful enemy. In response to the refusal of the main Kuomintang authorities to give up their anti-communist policy and repeatedly delay the behavior of fighter jets, in the poem "Lugou Bridge Tour", he issued an angry condemnation of "repeatedly mistaken Weiergu, Erguergu ten thousand people's fingers". At that time, the environment in Shanghai was very dangerous. Chen Shutong closed his doors and thanked guests. Despite the repeated threats of the enemy, he resolutely refused to hold a pseudo-post. In his poem to his friends, he said that he would "cherish the phase until the evening festival." In August 1945, the Japanese invaders surrendered unconditionally, and Chen Shutong was happy and could not But he had long hated the corruption, incompetence and dictatorship of the Kuomintang government, and in his ecstasy, he had deep worries about the future of the country. At that time, someone invited him to become an official, and he replied: "My brother is under the rule of the party, and he has sworn to serve." After a long period of observation and reflection, Chen Shutong realized that only the Communist Party of China is the source of light and hope for the Chinese nation. At a serious moment when the Kuomintang authorities ignored the suffering of the people of the whole country who had suffered a long war and longed for peace and stability, and deliberately provoked a full-scale civil war, he was unwilling to "bear to watch Shenzhou be robbed by the neck, and finally stood up at an old age. In response to the call of the Communist Party of China, he threw himself into the torrent of anti-civil war, struggle for peace, anti-dictatorship and struggle for Chen Shutong participated in the preparations for the Shanghai Federation of People's Organizations from All Sides, actively participated in the patriotic and democratic movement, and often delivered incisive opinions at relevant meetings, which were valued by all parties. In May 1947, Shanghai students held anti-civil war propaganda demonstrations, and the Kuomintang Shanghai Security Command arrested a large number of students. Chen Shutong immediately joined Zhang Jusheng, Tang Weizhi, Li Bake, Ye Kuichu, Zhang Guogan, Hu Zaoqing, Xiang Lansheng, Qian Ziyan, Chen Zhongshu and other elderly people to jointly name, and sent letters to Wu Guozhen (Mayor of Shanghai) and Xuan Tiewu (Commander of Shanghai Security), demanding the immediate release of the arrested students, which caused strong repercussions in the society. This was the popular "Ten Elders Letter" at that time. The Kuomintang authorities had to release the arrested students due to public opinion. The anti-hunger, anti-civil war, and anti-persecution movement quickly spread to more than 60 cities in the Kuomintang. This summer, the Kuomintang authorities forced schools to dismiss more than 30 progressive professors. After Chen Shutong found out, he asked Zhang Jusheng for assistance, and the Commercial Press allocated a sum of funds to support these professors in the name of subsidizing cultural groups. In the summer of 1947, the Kuomintang government issued the so-called "General Mobilization Order for Prospecting Rebellion" to intensify its suppression of the Communists and revolutionary people in the Kuomintang areas. In October, it declared the Democratic League an "illegal organization." Some democrats in Shanghai at that time were forced to go underground or evacuate. Ma Xulun, who had a deep friendship with Chen Shutong, also left Shanghai for Hong Kong. Chen Shutong stayed in Shanghai and persisted in the struggle. He often wrote down the anti-Chiang struggle in Shanghai and his opinions and suggestions on various issues in secret letters and took them to Hong Kong to maintain close contact with the Communist Party of China. In the face of white terror, Chen Shutong took his personal safety in equanimity. Chen Breto, the director of Chiang Kai-shek's attendant office, told him: "I have twice checked your name off the list of Communist Party suspects. If you want to engage in activities in the future, I will be helpless. 1 He laughed it off and asked someone to tell Chen Brei:" I also urge you to wash your hands as soon as possible and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. "Faced with the economic collapse and the military defeat, the Kuomintang authorities launched a peace talks offensive in the summer of 1948 in order to gain a breather. They encouraged some of Shanghai's royal literati and politicians to plan" electrification of a thousand people "in an attempt to play the so-called game of negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Some people asked Chen Shutong to sign the" electrification of a thousand people ", but he strictly refused. In a letter to his friends, he pointed out:" This is a revolution, and we hope for a complete revolution. "" We must cooperate with our friends (referring to the Communist Party). "No friends, that is, we are today, and we will not be in the future." He expressed his unswerving standing. Due to the joint resistance of all democratic forces, the so-called "electrification of a thousand people" movement was declared bankrupt. Chen Shutong supported the "May Day" call put forward by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1948 to hold a new CPPCC meeting, and actively put forward many insightful suggestions. Under the arrangement of the Communist Party of China, he sneaked out of Shanghai in January 1949, passed through Hong Kong, and arrived in Peiping in March. He was warmly welcomed and cordially met by the leaders of the Communist Party of China. After the liberation of Shanghai in May 1949, Chen Shutong returned to Shanghai from Peiping with other democrats in Shanghai to publicize the party's principles and policies, and initiated the establishment of a labor and army branch of the industrial and commercial circles to comfort the People's Liberation Army. In June 1949, he attended the preparatory meeting of the New Political Consultative Conference in Peiping and was promoted as deputy director. In September, he attended the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and then attended the founding ceremony of the People's Republic The old man, rejoicing in the prosperous age, sang with great joy: "Seventy-three years ago, I still did not have the title of Zhiteng Qian. Tracing back to the birthday of the liberation, I began to see the glorious revolutionary day." After the founding of New China, Chen Shutong successively served as a member of the Central People's Government Committee, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and other positions. He also served as Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Committee for the Defense of World Peace. He traveled far and wide to attend the World Peace Conference and the World Peace Council. Entrusted by the Communist Party of China, from October 1951, Chen Shutong presided over the preparation of the national organization of the business community. In October 1953, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce was officially established, and Chen Shutong was elected as the chairperson. He closely relied on the leadership of the Communist Party of China, united the broad masses of business people, listened to Chairperson Mao's words, followed the Communist Party, and promoted the country's private industry and commerce to gradually embark on the socialist road. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, our country successfully completed the socialist transformation of capitalist industry and commerce in a peaceful manner, and the former industry and commerce became socialist laborers. This is a great innovation. Chen Shutong bowed to this matter, worked hard, devoted all his energy to his later years, and made outstanding contributions. He was praised by the leading comrades of the Communist Party of China, and was also respected and deeply missed by the comrades in the business community. Chen Shutong firmly believes in the leadership of the Party and the final victory of the socialist cause. During three difficult years, he proposed the famous couplet "Remembering the population of six hundred million with one heart, and seeing the nine fingers clearly with two eyes" to encourage everyone not to lose confidence due to the temporary difficulties in front of them. This couplet has been widely recited in the business community. He is very concerned about the unity of the motherland, and once wrote a poem "not restored to Taiwan, looking through the eyes", expressing his sincere feelings. Chen Shutong called himself "despicable and rough, and he can speak whatever he wants." He always spoke out of public heart and generosity about the affairs of the party and the country. He once told friends: "I am convinced from practice that the leaders of the Communist Party sincerely listen to the opinions of the people, and we must be responsible for the future of the country with the spirit of being the master of the country. There is nothing to worry about." After the founding of New China, Chen Shutong donated all the treasures of Baimei Tu and other precious cultural relics to the country. He was able to write poetry, and he wrote many poems in his life. At the age of 70, he personally deleted and published a volume of Poems from Baimei Bookstore. Chen Shutong experienced important historical periods such as the Eighteen Years Coup, the Revolution of 1911, Yuan's proclamation as emperor, the melee of warlords, the invasion of Japanese invaders, and the rule of the Kuomintang in his life. He worried about the country and the people, painstakingly explored, and finally found the leadership of the Communist Party of China in his later years. He participated in the New Democratic Revolution, the socialist revolution, and the cause of socialist construction. He became a patriotic democratic fighter by a late Qing When we commemorate Chen Shutong, we must learn from his life-long pursuit of truth and sincere patriotism; learn from his revolutionary spirit of sincerely accepting the leadership of the Communist Party of China and resolutely taking the socialist road; learn from his noble qualities of continuous learning, continuous progress, and tireless old age.