“赵朴初是国家的宝贝啊。”１９４９年春天，上海解放前夕，周恩来嘱咐上海临时联合救济委员会总干事赵朴初，以佛教界身份接管上海经济合作总署。在周恩来的指示下，赵朴初与上海救济系统密切联系，积极筹集资金，收集救济物资，防杜财源流外，在保护上海经济重库，救济难民 “Zhao Puchu was the treasure of the country.” On the eve of the liberation of 1949 in Shanghai, Zhou Enlai charged Zhao Puchu, the director-general of Shanghai Temporary United Relief Committee, with the authority of the Buddhist community to take over the Shanghai Economic Cooperation Agency. Under the direction of Zhou Enlai, Zhao Puchu has been in close contact with Shanghai’s relief system and has been actively raising funds to collect relief supplies and prevent excessive efforts in securing the economic heavy warehouses and relief refugees in Shanghai