新中国建立以前,中国共产党的领导人和民主人士写文章、演讲,大都用“中华人民民主共和国”来称谓将要建立的新国家。1949年6月21日,中国人民政治协商会议筹备会第一次会议上,涉及到新中国的名称问题时,有人主张用“中华人民民主共和国”,张奚若先生提出不如用“中华人民共和国”。在中国人民政治协商会议召开期间,董必武就主张采 Before the founding of New China, most of the leaders and democrats of the Communist Party of China wrote articles and speeches, using the “Chinese People’s Democratic Republic” to name the new country to be established. On June 21, 1949, at the first meeting of the preparatory meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, when it came to the issue of the name of New China, some people advocated using the “Chinese People’s Democratic Republic,” and Mr. Zhang Haoruo proposed using the “People’s Republic of China” instead. During the convening of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Dong Biwu advocated