On this day, 57 years ago, on April 9, 1968 (March 12, 1968 in the lunar calendar), Cheng Qian, Executive Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress, passed away. Cheng Qian, also known as Songyun, was born in Liling, Hunan in 1882. In his youth, he was determined to save the country and the people and devoted himself to the torrent of democratic revolution. While studying in Tokyo, he joined the Alliance founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen and followed Sun Yat-sen faithfully. He made many military achievements in the revolutionary struggle. Sun Yat-sen once spoke highly of Cheng Qian: "I said Song Yun is a bloody man. After all, he can stand through thick and thin." In March 1925, after Sun Yat-sen passed away, Cheng Qian continued to support the three major policies of "uniting with Russia, uniting with the Communist Party, and supporting farmers and workers", cooperated with the Communists with practical actions, and resisted words and deeds that undermined cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. When the rightists of the Kuomintang asked him to hand over the list of Communist Party members, he refused sternly: "As long as they can fight warlords, they are good soldiers, I will use them!" In 1927, after Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei defected to the revolution one after another, Cheng Qian stepped forward and protected some Communist Party members. After the Lugouqiao Incident in July 1937, Cheng Qian resolutely devoted himself to the War of Resistance and was appointed as the commander of the 1st Theater Area, stationed in Zhengzhou. After the fall of Pingjin and Tianjin, a group of patriotic students went into exile in Zhengzhou, and Cheng Qian approved the admission of five to six hundred exiled students. After short-term training and given the name of instructors, these students were sent to counties in Henan to carry out agricultural movements in rural areas, mobilize and organize people, and defend their hometowns with arms. Cheng Qian took the lead in commanding the battle and bravely fought against the Japanese army. In a battle in Zhanghe, Hebei, when the Japanese army approached Cheng Qian's troops, he ordered his troops to hold their positions, but also made a will in advance and said to everyone: "In the face of the enemy, there is no retreat. Although China is big, there is not much place to retreat. It is the most glorious thing to die in battle. "After many days of hard fighting, reinforcements arrived and turned the tide. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Cheng Qian saw that the Kuomintang persisted in civil war and felt very heavy. In July 1948, he returned to Hunan to serve as chairman of the provincial government, and his heart was full of contradictions. On the one hand, he wanted to protect the people in his hometown from "the disaster of artillery fire"; on the other hand, he felt that the situation was difficult. In the spring of 1949, when a million troops of the People's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River and liberated Nanjing, Shanghai, and Wuhan one after another, his situation became even more dangerous. However, for the peaceful liberation of Hunan, Cheng Qian ignored his personal safety and resolutely responded to the call of the Communist Party of China and was determined to devote himself to the people's revolution. Under his leadership, after careful preparations, he and more than 30 generals including Chen Mingren, commander of the First Corps, announced an uprising in Changsha on August 4, contributing to the peaceful liberation of Hunan. On August 31,1949, Cheng Qian went to Peiping to attend the China People's Political Consultative Conference at the invitation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Mao Zedong personally went to the station to welcome him, set up a dinner party to clean him up, and then visited the Temple of Heaven together. At the first CPPCC session, Cheng Qian was elected as a member of the Central People's Government and participated in the founding ceremony. After the founding of New China, Cheng Qian was always concerned about the revolution and construction of the motherland. He served in leadership positions such as Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, and made active efforts to realize the great cause of reunification of the motherland. On April 9, 1968, Beijing died of illness.