In September 1946, the armed forces under the leadership of the Communist Party of China began to use the title of "People's Liberation Army". Before this, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to continue using the number of the Eighth Road Army and the New Fourth Army in order to fight for domestic peace and to show its sincerity in peace negotiations, and to suspend the use of the title of "Liberation Army" by some forces (such as Shandong).