Today in History
April 20,1978: A "decision on issues of speeding up the development of industry"
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Updated: 2011-04-22 09:58
April 20, 1934: The Communist Party of China issues the "Chinese people's basic program for the war against Japan"
April 20, 1945: The Enlarged Seventh Plenary Session of the Sixth CPC discusses and adopts a "resolution on certain questions in history"
April 20, 1957: The State Council issues "instructions on eradicating schistosomiasis (a parasitic disease)"
April 20, 1966: The completion of the Red Flag Canal is celebrated in Linxian, Henan province
April 20, 1978: The CPC Central Committee makes a "decision on issues of speeding up the development of industry (draft)"
April 20, 2000: The Central Discipline Inspection Commission holds a news conference to announce NPC Standing Committee Vice Chairman Cheng Kejie's investigation and prosecution of serious violations of discipline
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)