Eighty years ago today, on August 16, 1945 (July 9, 1945 in the lunar calendar), the Nanjing puppet government was dissolved. After Wang Jingwei's death, Chen Gongbo, who took over as chairperson of the Nanjing puppet government, announced on August 15. After Japan announced its surrender, Chen Gongbo, chairperson of the Nanjing puppet government, urged Zhou Fo and senior officials in Nanjing to hold a central political meeting. At the meeting on the 16th, Zhou Fohai proposed that a simple declaration should be issued to announce the dissolution of the "National Government", and other issues should not be discussed. Mei Siping took out a pre-prepared manuscript, read it to everyone, and it was approved. Chen Gongbo said: "It is easy to end the organization, but we in Nanjing are involved in a lot of people. How to deal with the aftermath should be discussed." Zhou Fohai said that the declaration of dissolution had been passed, and he left after talking about other issues. After Chen Gongbo returned to his residence, various news came one after another. He realized that he had been betrayed by Zhou Fohai, and he hugged his head and cried. On August 25, Chen Gongbo took a Japanese plane and secretly flew to Japan. Along with Chen were Lin Baisheng, the pseudo-governor of Anhui Province, He Bingxian, the head of education of the pseudo-Central Military Academy, Chen Junhui, the pseudo-minister of industry, and Zhou Longxiang, the pseudo-civil servant, and Li Lizhuang, the wife of Chen Gongbo. After Japan announced its surrender, Chen Gongbo asked Takeo Imai, the representative of the Japanese army, to go to Japan for refuge. Imai reported to Okamura Ninji. After the Japanese headquarters contacted Tokyo, it was decided that Chen and others would die in Japan In order to save fuel, the plane was dismantled except for leaving a seat for Chen. The plane ventured to fly directly to Kyoto, Japan, but due to the wind direction, it had to land at Yonago Airport in Yamayin, Japan. The Japanese Foreign Ministry decided to place Chen Gongbo and his party in the Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto. Before getting on the plane, Chen Gongbo wrote a note to Chiang Kai-shek explaining his difficulties in going to Japan. He said that as soon as the central government ordered him to return to China and surrender immediately.