1949年的每一个日子,都是令人兴奋的。中国人民解放战争即将在全国取得胜利,一个新型的人民共和国就要诞生了。6月初,我在中南海受领第二十兵团布防平、津、塘、秦的任务时,听周恩来副主席谈了有关建国大计的内容。“七一”后,中共中央成立了以周恩来为主任,彭真、聂荣臻、林伯渠、李维汉等同志为副主任的开国大典筹备委员会,拟 Every single day of 1949 is exciting. With the victory of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to be won throughout the country, a new type of People’s Republic will be born. In early June, when I was responsible for the task of the Twenty-First Corps in Pingnan, Zhongjin, Tong and Qin in Zhongnanhai, I listened to Vice Premier Zhou Enlai about the grand plan of establishing the nation. After the “1 July”, the CPC Central Committee established a preparatory committee for the founding of the People’s Republic of China with Zhou Enlai as director, Peng Zhen, Nie Rongzhen, Lin Boqu, Li Weihan and other comrades as deputy directors.