The Restoration of the Lawful Seat of the People's Republic of China at the UN

China has been one of the founding members of the United Nations, which was established in 1945, and one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. According to the internationally recognized principles, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the new Chinese government had the right to appoint representatives to participate in the work of the United Nations General Assembly and its relevant bodies. However, mainly due to the obstruction of the U.S. government, China's seat in the United Nations was occupied by KMT authorities of Taiwan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Government and people carried out a resolute struggle to restore China’s lawful seat at the United Nations, especially after the 1960s, and as China's international status improved and a great number of newly independent countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America joined the United Nations, the struggle of the Chinese people was supported by increasingly more countries in the world, and gradually became the common struggle of the countries for justice in the United Nations. Through the joint efforts of many Asian, African, Latin American and other countries struggling for justice, the Chinese government finally broke through the heavy obstructions of the United States and its close allies, and on October 25, 1971, the 26th United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 by an overwhelming majority of 76 votes in favor, 35 against and 17 abstentions, restoring all the legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations and immediate expelling the representatives of the Taiwan KMT authorities from all organs of the United Nations.

On November 1, the Five-Star Red Flag of the People's Republic of China was raised for the first time in the United Nations.

On November 15, 1971, the Chinese delegation made its debut at the United Nations General Assembly for the first time and comprehensively elaborated the principled position of the Chinese Government on a series of major international issues. The restoration of China's legitimate seat in the United Nations was a major breakthrough in China's diplomatic work, an important symbol of the increasing international status of the New China, with extremely far-reaching significance. Since then, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China made its own unremitting efforts in maintaining world peace and promoting the cause of human progress.