On September 19, 1948, Han Xiu arrived in Shanghai. Thereafter, she served multiple times as a messenger helping Lao She and Zhao Qingge exchange letters, and personally witnessed the experiences of Lao She and the intellectuals around him.
To curb hyperinflation, the Nationalist Government issued gold yuan notes and forced the public to hand over gold, silver and US dollars, and in the end the price-control policy collapsed.
In 1948, Lianhe Hang was officially renamed China Resources. To welcome the first CPPCC meeting, it chartered a ship to transport democratic figures such as Guo Moruo and Li Jishen from Hong Kong back to the liberated areas.
Han Xiu said that he returned to China after 1948, lived in China for about 30 years thereafter, and did not return to the United States until 1978.