〔新华社北京18日电〕中华人民共和国第二届全国人民代表大会第一次会议今天下午3时在中南海怀仁堂隆重开幕。毛泽东主席主持了会议的开幕式。周恩来总理代表国务院作了“政府工作报告”。今天的大会执行主席是毛泽东、刘少奇、周恩来、朱德、宋庆龄、林彪、李济深、沈钧儒、郭沫若、黄炎培、陈叔通、彭真。当毛泽东主席等步入会场登上主席台的时候,全场起立,长时间地热烈鼓掌。在主席台上就座的,还有副委员长林伯渠、罗荣桓、赛福鼎、程潜、副总理彭德怀、邓小平、邓子(?)、贺龙、陈毅、乌兰夫、李富春、李先念、聂荣臻、薄一波,最高人民法院院长董必武,最高人民检 [Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 18] The first session of the Second National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China was grandly opened at the Huai Ren Tang, Zhongnanhai this afternoon at 3 p.m. Chairman Mao Zedong presided over the opening ceremony of the meeting. Premier Zhou Enlai delivered a “Report on the Work of the Government” on behalf of the State Council. Today’s executive chairman is Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Soong Ching Ling, Lin Biao, Li Jishen, Shen Junru, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei, Chen Shutong and Peng Zhen. When Chairman Mao Zedong entered the podium as the venue, the audience rose and applauded for a long time. Sitting on the podium, there are also Vice-Chairman Lin Boqu, Luo Ronghuan, Saifu Ding, Cheng Qian, Vice Premier Peng Dehuai, Deng Xiaoping, Deng Zi (?), He Long, Chen Yi, Ulanf, Li Fuchun, Li Xiannian, Nie Rongzhen, Wave, the Supreme People’s Court President Dong Biwu, Supreme People’s Procuratorate