周新民是统一战线史上一位无名英雄。1979年10月31日他在北京溘然与世长辞。党和人民给他以极高的评价。今天，八宝山革命公墓存放着他的骨灰盒，那上面镌刻着人们的哀思：坚持进步，能以遵循党的指示干工作，不避艰险；平易近人，善于联系各方人士闹革命，屡建功勋。这副挽联 Zhou Xinmin is an unknown hero in the history of the united front. On October 31, 1979, he died suddenly in Beijing. The party and people gave him a very high rating. Today, the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery holds his urn with engraving of people’s grief: persevere in progress and can work in accordance with the instructions of the party without difficulty and danger; approachable, good at contacting people from all walks of life to make revolution, repeatedly built meritorious service. This elegiac couplet