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March 24—April 3, 1949: The First National Congress of All China Women is held
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Updated: 2011-03-24 10:05
March 24—April 3, 1949: The First National Congress of All China Women is held in Beijing and announces to establish the All China Women's Federation
March 24, 1977: Ye Jianying delivers a speech to the Central Military Commission, discussing the consequences to military construction caused by Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" and proposing a series of new guidelines for the People's Liberation Army
March 24, 1988: The First Session of the Seventh National Committee of the CPPCC is held, and Li Xiannian is elected chairman of the CPPCC
CPC Heroes
Zhu De
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.
Chen Yi
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)