March 17, 1975: The Second Session of the Fourth Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) decides to specially pardon all war criminals and give them citizenship
March 17, 2009: "Views on Deepening the Reform of the Medical and Health System"
On March 17, 2009 the CPC Central Committee and State Council issued "Views on Deepening the Reform of the Medical and Health System" which proposed the long-term objectives of five key reform measures including alleviating the problem of inadequate and overly expensive medical services and establishing a basic medical and health system covering urban and rural areas.
Zhu De, born in Yilong County of Sichuan Province in 1886 and passed away in 1976, is a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman and military strategist.
A native of Le Zhi, in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and awarded by the People's Republic of China the military rank of marshal; Served as the country's Vice Premier (1954-1972) and Foreign Minister (1958-1972)