during the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to draft plans for a new central government. From 3 to 15 March, the 7th CCP Central Committee held its second plenary session, where it was agreed that a new central government would be based on the Soviet model in which Mao would serve as the government chairman. On 29 September 1949, the Preparatory Committee for the New Political Consultative Conference