Toast to Democratic Parties and Democratic Personages
(February 13, 1956)

Source: _RMRB_ (Feb. 14, 1956), 1.

A reception was held on the afternoon of February 13, 1956, in Beijing by the United Front
Work Department of the Central Committee of the CPC for representatives and leaders of
the democratic parties and for democratic personages with no party affiliations (see text
Sept. 21, 1949, vol. I, note 1). A list of the organizers and participants is reported in the
news article which contains the quotation of the toast made by Mao here.

May you all have good health, and may you progress smoothly in your work.