1956 In April, during the central working conference held in Huairentang, Zhongnanhai, the central leaders circulated a proposal on cremation of leaders of state organs. In newly liberated new China, the initial reform of funeral system was a groundbreaking event. At the end of the proposal, it reads: "Any state functionary who is in favor of cremation, please sign at the back. Anyone who signs his name means that he must be cremated after death. The deceased must ensure that the deceased is cremated first. " The first person who signed it was Comrade Mao Zedong, the great founder of New China. Behind the "Mao Zedong", there are older generation proletarian revolutionaries such as Peng, Kang Sheng, Peng Zhen, Dong, Zhang Ziyi, Tan Zhenlin, Yang, Ke Qingshi and Li Jingquan.