Today in History
March 30, 1979: Deng speaks on "upholding the four fundamental principles"
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Updated: 2011-03-30 13:29
March 30, 1950: The Ministry of Education announces that International Children's Day on June 1 will be known as Children's Day in China
March 30—May 22, 1976: The crews of China's "Xiangyanghong 5" and "Xiangyanghong 11", two 10,000-ton ocean-going scientific research ships, conduct research on ocean hydrology and meteorology in the South Pacific Ocean
March 30, 1979: Deng speaks on "upholding the four fundamental principles"
Entrusted by the CPC Central Committee, Deng Xiaoping describes the "four fundamental principles" of modern China: to maintain Socialist doctrine, uphold the dictatorship of the proletariat, uphold the leadership of the Communist Party and uphold the Thought of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong.
March 30, 1998: The CPC Central Committee orders all localities and government departments to enact the "Working Ordinances of the CPC and the Grassroots Organizations of the State Organs"
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)