Seventy-six years ago today, on March 26, 1949 (February 27, 1949), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to send Zhou Enlai and others to negotiate peace with the Kuomintang. On March 26, 1949, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to send Zhou Enlai, Lin Boqu, Lin Biao, Ye Jianying, and Li Weihan as representatives of the peace talks (Nie Rongzhen was added as representatives on April 1). Zhou Enlai was the chief representative. On the basis of the eight conditions announced by Chairperson Mao Zedong on January 14, peace negotiations with the Kuomintang government delegation began in Beiping on April 1.