Manifesto of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

The Manifesto of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, also known as the October 10th Manifesto, is a political declaration published by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the People's Daily in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan revolutionary base area on October 10, 1947. It declared the establishment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). It was drafted by CCP Chairman Mao Zedong, signed by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai, and later included in the Selected Works of Mao Zedong.

Manifesto of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军宣言
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍宣言
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Xuānyán
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Xuānyán
Alternative name
Simplified Chinese	双十宣言
Traditional Chinese	雙十宣言
Hanyu Pinyin	Shuāngshí Xuānyán
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shuāngshí Xuānyán

Content

The declaration analyzed the domestic political situation, put forward the slogan "overthrow Chiang Kai-shek and liberate all of China", and announced the eight basic policies of the PLA.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Also published on the same day in the People's Daily of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan revolutionary base area were the "Slogans of the Chinese People's Liberation Army" (a total of 67 items) and the "Instructions of the Headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on the Re-issuance of the Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points for Attention".^[7][8]