Today in History
April 2—5, 1959: The 7th Plenary Meeting of the 8th CPC Central Committee is held
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Updated: 2011-04-02 15:15
April 2—5, 1959: The Seventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth CPC Central Committee is held in Shanghai
April 2, 1975: Dong Biwu dies in Beijing at the age of 90
Dong was hailed in his obituary as one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, a great revolutionary fighter and one of the outstanding leaders of the Party and country.
April 2, 1984: The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China is formally accepted as a union member at the 134th Inter-Parliamentary Union Board meeting
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)