“皖南事变”后,《新华日报》在周恩来的领导下,积极推动和开展了对郭沫若、老舍、茅盾、洪深、张恨水等著名作家的祝寿和创作生活纪念活动,加强了文艺界人士的团结,争取了更多的民主和言论自由,在与国民党顽固派的斗争中取得了预期的胜利。 Xinhua Daily, under the leadership of Zhou Enlai, actively promoted and carried out the celebration of birthday and creative life for famous writers such as Guo Moruo, Lao She, Mao Dun, Hong Shen and Zhang Hengyi, and strengthened the cultural and literary circles’ For more democracy and freedom of expression, and achieved the desired victory in the fight against the diehards of the Kuomintang.