Today in History
April 23—June 11, 1945: The Seventh National Congress of the CPC is held
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Updated: 2011-04-25 15:28
April 23—June 11, 1945: The Seventh National Congress of the CPC is held in Yan'an
April 23, 1949: The People's Liberation Army liberates Nanjing
April 23, 1980: The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee approves the decision that old incapacity comrades could not be the representatives of the 12th CPC National Congress or candidates for the Central Committee
April 23—26, 1990: State Council Premier Li Peng visits the Soviet Union
April 23, 2009: President Hu Jintao attends the 60th anniversary celebration of the People's Navy maritime parade in Qingdao, Shandong province
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)