Today in History
April 21,1961: Instructions on the work policies of Tibet
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Updated: 2011-04-22 09:58
April 21, 1949: Mao Zedong, chairman of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission, and Zhu De, commander of the PLA, issue an "order to march to the nation"
April 21, 1961: The CPC Central Committee issues instructions on the work policies of Tibet
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)