On this day 76 years ago, on October 1, 1949 (August 10, 1949 lunar calendar), the People's Republic of China was proclaimed. Chairperson Mao Zedong announced the establishment of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. At 2:00 pm on October 1, 1949, the Central People's Government Committee chaired by Mao Zedong held its first plenary meeting in Beijing, the capital. The Chairperson, Vice-Chairpeople and members of the Central People's Government attended the meeting and announced their inauguration. The meeting unanimously resolved: To proclaim the establishment of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China; to accept the Common Programme of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as the government's policy programme. Elected Lin Boqu as Secretary-General of the Central People's Government Committee; Appointed Zhou Enlai as Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People's Government Administration Council, Mao Zedong as Chairperson of the Central People's Government People's Revolutionary Military Commission, Zhu De as Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Shen Junru as President of the Supreme People's Court of the Central People's Government, Luo Ronghuan as Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the Central People's Government, and instructed them to quickly form government organs and carry out various tasks. At 3 p.m., the 300,000 military and civilians held a rally in Tiananmen Square to celebrate the establishment of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. Lin Boqu announced the start of the ceremony, and the chairperson, vice-chairpeople and committee members took their places on the Tiananmen Gate tower. Chairperson Mao Zedong announced: "The During the national anthem, Mao Zedong personally pressed the button, raised the first five-star red flag, and 54 cannon salutes sounded 28 times in unison. Mao Zedong also read the government announcement, announcing the establishment of the People's Republic of China to the world. Then, in a grand military parade, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De reviewed the army, navy and air force, and read the order of the headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, ordering the People's Liberation Army to "quickly eliminate the remnants of the Kuomintang opposition army, liberate all the land that has not yet been liberated, and at the same time eliminate bandits and all other counter-revolutionary bandits, and suppress all their resistance and troublemaking." In the evening, the citizens of Beijing held a red light parade until 9 o'clock. At the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De ordered the People's Liberation Army to liberate all unliberated territories, followed by He Long, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, and Luo Ronghuan. Hundreds of thousands of people celebrated the founding of the People's Republic of China. Beijing citizens watched the liberation parade on the streets