Today in History
April 3, 1953: The first National Conference on Rural Work is held
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Updated: 2011-04-02 15:15
April 3, 1953: The Rural Work Department of the CPC Central Committee holds its first National Conference on Rural Work
April 3, 1992: The Fifth Session of the Seventh National People's Congress adopts a resolution to build the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam
April 3, 1998: The Central Military Commission establishes the General Armament Department of the People's Liberation Army
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)