Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
The founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was formally proclaimed by Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China, on October 1, 1949 at 3:00 pm in Tiananmen Square in Peking, now Beijing (formerly Peiping), the new capital of China (Nanking had been the capital of the deposed Republic of China). The formation of the Central People's Government under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the government of the new nation, was officially proclaimed during the proclamation speech by the chairman at the founding ceremony. 