中央统战部发文纪念陈叔通先生诞辰150周年。[1]陈叔通是著名民主革命战士、新中国国家领导人、全国工商联创始人，生于1876年浙江杭州仁和县，[1]亲历了从维新运动、辛亥革命、抗日战争、解放战争到新中国建设的历史进程。他于1898年参与戊戌维新运动，[1]1903年高中进士并被授予翰林院编修，[1]1904年东渡日本留学，[1]1910年秘密加入光复会。[1]1921年中共成立后，他逐步与中共建立联系，[1]1948年7月拒绝国民党"千人通电"署名，[1]最终选择跟随中共的道路。
陈叔通在新中国建设中发挥了重要作用。[1]1949年3月他顺利抵达北平，[1]6月15日被推选为新政协筹备会副主任，[1]同年9月出席中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议，当选政协全国委员会副主席、中央人民政府委员，[1]10月1日以中央人民政府委员身份出席开国大典。[1]1951年，周恩来代表中共中央提名陈叔通担任全国工商联主任委员。[1]1953年10月中华全国工商业联合会正式成立。[1]在他的领导下，全国工商业社会主义改造取得显著成效，到1956年底，全国私营工业户数的99%、私营商业户数的82.2%被纳入公私合营或合作商业轨道。[1]陈叔通于1966年2月17日在北京去世，周恩来同志主祭。[1]
The Central United Front Work Department has issued a commemorative statement marking the 150th birth anniversary of Chen Shutong, a prominent democratic revolutionary, a national leader of the People's Republic of China, and founder of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce [1].
Born in 1876 in Renhe County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Chen Shutong participated in the Hundred Days' Reform movement in 1898 and obtained the jinshi degree through the imperial examination system in 1903, receiving an appointment as an editor of the Hanlin Academy [1]. He traveled to Japan for further studies in 1904 and secretly joined the Restoration Society in 1910, gradually establishing connections with the Communist Party following its founding in 1921 [1]. During the Second Sino-Japanese War and subsequent liberation struggle, Chen remained steadfastly loyal to the Party, notably refusing to sign the Kuomintang's "Thousand-Person Telegram" in July 1948 [1].
Following his safe arrival in Beiping in March 1949, Chen played a crucial role in the founding of New China [1]. He was selected as vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Preparatory Committee on June 15, 1949, and subsequently attended the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in September, becoming vice chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC and a member of the Central People's Government Council [1]. Chen participated in the National Day ceremony on October 1, 1949, as a member of the Central People's Government Council [1]. In 1951, Premier Zhou Enlai nominated him to serve as chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce [1]. Under his leadership, by the end of 1956, ninety-nine percent of private industrial enterprises and 82.2 percent of private commercial establishments had been incorporated into joint public-private ventures or cooperative commercial operations [1]. Chen Shutong passed away on February 17, 1966, in Beijing, with Zhou Enlai presiding over his memorial service [1].