YENAN AUTHORITIES COMMENT ON THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE POLITICAL
CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE

1 February 1946

[Text] HSIN-HUA NEWS AGENCY, Yenan, 1 Feb--The Political Consultative
Conference closed successfully yesterday. Yenan authorities commented:

The results gained by the Political Consultative Conference are very
important. The peaceful national construction program represents the
common political program of the National Government after its reorganization and the general direction of democratic reforms to be followed
by the entire nation in the transitional period. The principle for
revising the draft constitution determines the basic principle for the
democratization of China's national political system hereafter, and
the resolution on army reorganization provides the basic principle for
the nationalization of all the nation's armed forces, while the
resolution on reorganizing the government and increasing the components
of the National Congress constitutes the condition for safeguarding the
implementation of the common program and the successful formulation and
implementation of these resolutions, China will soon, on a nationwide
scale, begin to leave the one-party dictatorship of the state system.
Though all the resolutions still have to be implemented and, even after
their implementation, a long-term, tortuous process of struggle still has
to be undergone before thorough democratization can be achieved, in order
to overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, China undoubtedly
will hereafter enter the new stage of peaceful democratic construction.
It is a great historical victory of China's democratic revolution. This
victory is the result of the Chinese people's indomitable struggle in the
past century and of the common efforts of the parties and factions and
the substantial concessions they made. The authorities point out that the
excellent resolutions are merely the inception and that everything hinges
on their concrete and faithful implementation. Always faithful to its
promises, the Chinese Communist Party will thoroughly implement all the
resolutions of the Political Consultative Conference in the Liberated
Areas and among the troops in these areas with the most sincere attitude.
All members of the Chinese Communist Party will devote their efforts to

peaceful and legitimate struggle throughout the nation for the thorough
democratization of the state and the construction of an independent, free,
and powerful new China. The Chinese Communist Party welcomes Chairman
Chiang's promise to implement the resolutions of the Political Consultative
Conference and the program of peaceful national construction, and it hopes
that the Kuomintang will follow this spirit and pursue long-term cooperation
with the people of the entire nation and the parties and factions, so that
all the resolutions of the Political Consultative Conference will be
completely realized.

CHIEH-FANG JIH-PAO, 1 February 1946