Congratulations to the Entire Staff of the China National Aviation Corporation and the Central Air Transport Corporation on Their Uprising[1]
(November 12, 1949)

To General Manager Liu Jingyi of the China National Aviation Corporation, General Manager Chen Zhuolin of the Central Air Transport Corporation, and all the staff comrades of the two corporations:

Under the leadership of your general managers, the entire staff of the China National Aviation Corporation and the Central Air Transport Corporation have resolutely broken away from the reactionary remnants of the Kuomintang and returned to the embrace of the people’s motherland. This is an act of patriotism of great significance. I hereby extend to you my congratulations, welcome, and regards. It is my hope that you will unite as one, and strive for the building of the people’s aviation enterprise and the protection of the motherland’s property remaining in Hong Kong.

Mao Zedong
November 12, 1949

[1]
The China National Aviation Corporation and the Central Air Transport Corporation were two civil aviation companies originally belonging to the Kuomintang government.
At the end of 1948, the two companies moved their operational flight bases from Shanghai to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, respectively.
On November 9, 1949, General Manager Liu Jingyi of the China National Aviation Corporation and General Manager Chen Zhuolin of the Central Air Transport Corporation flew from Hong Kong to Beijing, where they issued a circular telegram announcing the uprising of their entire staff. Eleven aircraft also flew back to the mainland at the same time.