On June 1949 and 15, at the opening meeting of the preparatory meeting for the new CPPCC, Mao Zedong declared in iron language: "China must be independent, China must be liberated, and the affairs of China must be handled by the people of China themselves, and no imperialist countries will be allowed to interfere again." It is precisely because this new regime truly belongs to the people and is supported by the people. Therefore, although the country was devastated and everything was in ruins at that time, in the face of the threat of imperialism, our answer was still so tough: "The people of China have never considered the will of all imperialists in the position of safeguarding their own interests and defending the sovereignty of their own people's motherland. All unequal treaties and aggression privileges created by imperialism in China must be abolished. No matter whether the imperialists retreat, don't retreat, shout or threaten, they can't affect this just position of the people of China. " (Xinhua News Agency comments: "the State Council's sophistry, false accusation and threats", Xinhua Monthly 1950 No.4) Only the * * people who represent the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China can so confidently and categorically declare that a humiliating era is over!