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The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was
jointly founded by the Communist Party of China (CPC),
non-Communist political parties, the democrats with no party
affiliations, people's organizations and public figures prior to
the People's Republic of China.
It
is also known as the New Political Consultative Conference to
differentiate it from the old Political Consultative Conference
which convened in southwest China's Chongqing in 1946.
In
1948, the CPC called for a new political consultative conference in
order to expand and consolidate the people's democratic united
front. A preparatory meeting for the conference was held in Beiping
(now Beijing) in June 1949. After the meeting, Zhou Enlai, a CPC
leader, suggested the political consultative conference adopt the
same practice as many of the other organizations by using the word
"people" in its name. The proposal was accepted.
The second preparatory meeting held on September 17, 1949 resolved
to rename the "New Political Consultative Conference" as the
"Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference".
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