During the period of 1947, the economy in the Kuomintang-ruled areas continued to deteriorate, the national industry and commerce went bankrupt day by day, inflation became hyperinflation, and prices fluctuated periodically several times. Prices are soaring, and working people and public officials are facing the threat of hunger. In May, the * * * Production Party of China launched a nationwide campaign against hunger and civil war. In February, Zhejiang University Student Union raised the issue of "saving the education crisis". From April to May, students in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places generally shouted the slogan of "saving the education crisis" and issued anti-hunger voices. At the beginning of May, Nanjing University Professors Association issued a declaration, proposing that education funds should account for 15% of the government budget, and teachers' salaries should be adjusted according to the price index. All the students went on strike on June 5438+03 to support the struggle of the professors' association. On June 16, students from four schools, including Nanjing Central University, held demonstrations and put forward five demands, including improving treatment and opposing civil war. Under the leadership of Nanjing underground organization, Nanjing students decided to hold a large-scale demonstration on May 20th, the opening day of the Third Session of the Fourth National Congress of Codonopsis pilosula, calling on students from all over the country to support it. On June 5438+09, a joint petition group of students from Shanghai and Hangzhou went to Nanjing to rescue the education crisis. After the delegates were sent away, more than 5,000 students from Shanghai 15 universities held an anti-hunger March. In response to the protests of Nanjing students, students in North China also began to take action. On June 5438+05, Tsinghua University Student Congress decided to hold a hunger strike to protest against the civil war. 16 In June, Peking University students set up an action committee against hunger and civil war, decided to strike for three days from June 19, and put forward six requirements, including immediately stopping the civil war, completely saving the economic crisis, safeguarding human rights, guaranteeing freedom, and increasing education funds. 18, propaganda teams from Tsinghua, Peking University and China and France took to the streets to publicize. The propaganda team was suppressed by the enemy near Xidan, and many students were injured. The enemy's atrocities aroused the anger of most students. Under the leadership of Beiping Academic Committee, Tsinghua and Peking University contacted various schools and held a meeting of representatives of universities in North China on the beach of Peking University. Quot North China Students' Anti-Hunger and Anti-Civil War Federation ". It was decided to hold a city-wide student anti-hunger and anti-civil war demonstration on the 20th. On May 20th, about 10,000 students from major middle schools took part in the demonstration and gathered in the beach square in Peking University. In the afternoon, the parade set off from Shanghai to Dongsi, turned to Chang 'an Avenue via dengshikou and Wangfujing, and arrived at Zhongnanhai at 3 o'clock. Petitioners went to the camp to petition Li Zongren. The brigade continued to advance to Xidan, and then returned to the seaside Peking University Square via Xisi, Xi 'anmen Street and Beihai to hold a mass meeting. At the meeting, the presidium reported the petition process and the camp's reply. The Congress decided to name the beach in Peking University as "Democracy Square". And voted to designate June 2nd as the National Anti-Civil War Day, on which there will be strikes against classes, education, education and markets. In order to suppress the people's movement, the reactionary Kuomintang government promulgated the Interim Measures for Maintaining Social Order on May 8, 2008, ordering local governments at all levels to "take urgent measures and impose effective sanctions" on petitions, strikes, strikes and demonstrations involving more than 10 people. On the 20th, more than 6,000 students from universities in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou 16 gathered in Nanjing, held a joint demonstration to save the education crisis, petitioned the National Political Council and the Kuomintang government, demanded higher education funds and opposed the civil war. When the procession reached the intersection of the Pearl River, it was suppressed by the Kuomintang military and police. 100 people were injured and more than 20 people were arrested, resulting in the "May 20 bloody case" in Nanjing. At the same time, patriotic students in Tianjin, Tangshan, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Fuzhou were also beaten and arrested. In Peiping, on May 22nd, Kuomintang military police and secret agents stormed Chaoyang College, causing injuries to more than 10 students. On the same day, Beiping No.4 Middle School was also attacked by military and police. In order to resist the fascist atrocities of the Kuomintang authorities, students from Peking University, Tsinghua and other schools continued to strike until May 26th. This large-scale student patriotic movement combined the anti-Chiang struggle of people from all walks of life in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, cooperated with the war of the People's Liberation Army, and formed the second front against the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang.