Today in History
April 1—24, 1969: The 9th National Congress of the CPC Central Committee is held
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Updated: 2011-04-01 14:09
April 1, 1948: Mao Zedong speaks at the Jinsui cadres meeting in Caijiaya village in Xing county in Shanxi province, summing up the experiences of land reform and rectifying the Party and describing the general policy of the CPC
April 1—24, 1969: The Ninth National Congress of the CPC Central Committee is held in Beijing
Lin Biao made a political report to the congress which confirmed the error theory and practice of the "cultural revolution" and enhanced the status in the CPC Central Committee of Lin Biao and Jiang Qing.
April 1, 1983: The CPC Central Committee and State Council approve the "summary of discussions on accelerating the development and construction of Hainan Island"
April 1, 1983: The State Council promulgates the "provisional regulation on State-owned industrial enterprises", deciding to implement the system of manager responsibility and employee congress under the leadership of the Party Committee
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)