Today in History
April 17,2005: An overall national public emergency contingency plan
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Updated: 2011-04-18 14:46
April 17—29, 1959: The First Session of the Third National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held in Beijing
April 17, 1987: The CPC Central Committee approves the "Report of Several Important Ethnic Work Issues"
April 17—23, 1999: Jiang Zemin goes to Sichuan to do research on reform and development of State-owned enterprises
April 17, 2003: The Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau holds a meeting to listen to the relevant departments' work report on SARS prevention and control
April 17, 2005: The State Council issues an overall national public emergency contingency plan
April 17—18, 2006: The Sixth National Environmental Conference is held
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)