To ensure proper review, the Central Propaganda Department set up groups to study the matter, and finally proposed the plum, chrysanthemum and tree peony, as three flowers well loved by the Chinese people, for consideration at the ruling KMT's third national party congress.
為求審慎，當時的中央宣傳部又分頭研究，最後以梅、菊、牡丹三種國人鍾愛的花卉，呈交執政黨第三次全國代表大會討論。