1949年9月30日,中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议通过了在天安门广场建立人民英雄纪念碑的决议。当天下午政协全体代表在天安门广场举行奠基典礼,毛泽东主席亲自铲土为纪念碑奠基。纪念碑的设计工作由著名建筑家梁思成先生主持。具体工作由人民英雄纪念碑设计处下的设计组承担。为了使纪念碑设计得庄严、完美,工作伊始兴建委员会即向全国 On September 30, 1949, the first plenary meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference passed a resolution on setting up a monument to the People’s Heroes in Tiananmen Square. On the afternoon of the same day, all the CPPCC National Committee members held the groundbreaking ceremony in Tiananmen Square. Chairman Mao Zedong laid the foundation stone for the monument himself. The design of the monument was presided over by famous architect Mr. Liang Sicheng. Specific work by the People’s Heroes Monument design office under the design team commitment. In order to make the monument designed solemn, perfect, at the beginning of construction work commission to the country