《抗战纪事》终于在“八·一五”50周年纪念日到来之前印出来了。这个选题,是去年的“八·一五”前后提出来的。由于种种原因,直到今年1月份才正式提上了工作日程,也就是说,征稿——编辑——出版,真正用于工作的时间还不足8个月。这次采取了“征文”的形式,先是向全体市政协委员发出征稿信;然后在《北京晚报》刊登了“征文启事”;后来又与《北京日报·京华周末》、《北京政协》联合发起“抗战纪事征文”活动。我们搞这次征文活动,自然是为了组稿编书,但更 The “Chronicle of Anti-Japanese War” was finally printed before the 50th anniversary of “August 15”. This topic was put forward before and after “August 15” last year. Due to various reasons, it was not officially put on the agenda until January this year. In other words, it took less than eight months for the work of solicitation-editing-publishing. This took the form of “essay”, first issued a letter of conciliation to all the members of the CPPCC; then published the “Call for Papers” in the “Beijing Evening News”; and later jointly with the “Beijing Daily News”, “Beijing CPPCC” Anti-Japanese Chronicle essay activities. We engage in this essay activity, of course, is a group draft book, but more