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The Central People's Government (CPG) was the administrative structure adopted by the Chinese Communists following the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. The CPG operated under a 'provisional constitution' consisting of two documents, 'The Common Program', and 'The Organic Law of the People's Central Government', issued by the 'Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference', which the Communists convened in September, 1949. The Central People's Government was eventually replaced by a new structure created under the Constitution of the People's Republic of China in 1954. The name 'Central People's Government' is now used in China to refer to the State Council of the People's Republic of China.