On September 28, 1954 (the second day of the ninth lunar month), the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China was established.

On September 28, 1954, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee made a resolution on the establishment of the Party's Military Commission. The resolution pointed out that the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee believes that it is necessary to establish a party's military committee under the Political Bureau and Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, as in the past, to assume leadership over the entire military work. The resolution decided that Mao Zedong,[] Zhu De,[] Peng Dehuai,[] Lin Biao,[] Liu Bocheng,[] He Long,[] Chen Yi,[] Deng Xiaoping,[] Luo Ronghuan,[] Xu Xiangqian,[] Nie Rongzhen,[] Ye Jianying would form the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, with Mao Zedong as chairman and Peng Dehuai presiding over the daily work of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.