1963年12月16日,罗荣桓元帅逝世。 毛泽东对这位秋收起义就在一起的战友的离去十分悲痛。当晚,他在中南海内的颐年堂主持召开政治局常委扩大会议,听取并讨论聂荣臻元帅汇报十年科学技术规划。会议一开始,他就心情沉重地说: “罗荣桓同志今天下午两点三十七分逝世了。请同志们起 December 16, 1963, Marshal Luo Ronghuan died. Mao Zedong was very saddened at the departure of his comrade-in-arms who was together with the Autumn Harvest Uprising. That night, he presided over a meeting of the standing committee of the Politburo to expand the meeting in Zhongnian Hai Yiennian Hall to listen to and discuss Marshal Nie Rongzhen for reporting on the ten-year science and technology plan. At the very beginning of the meeting, he said in a heavy mood: "Comrade Luo Ronghuan passed away at 2:37 this afternoon.