On this day, 76 years ago, on February 17, 1949 (January 20, 1949 in the lunar calendar), the Communist Party of China instructed that local organizations of democratic parties should be treated correctly. Nie Rongzhen welcomes Peng Zemin, leader of the Peasants and Workers Democratic Party of China at Shenyang Railway Station. On February 17, 1949, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued instructions on how to deal with local organizations of various democratic parties, which stipulated: Democratic parties that had been established before May 1, 1948, that is, before the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the slogan of "May Day" and have done their part in the common struggle against imperialism, feudalism, and reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, should all recognize their legal status and protect them in places liberated by our People's Liberation Army and certified by the headquarters of each party. Otherwise, it will not be recognized and ordered to be dissolved. In principle, all arms controlled by individual democratic parties should be reorganized and transformed by the People's Liberation Army.