April 24, 1951: The State Council issues instructions on the work of building a people's democratic regime
April 24, 1970: China successfully launches the first artificial Earth satellite, "East Red I"
April 24—26, 1990: Russian President Boris Yeltsin pays a state visit to China
April 24, 2009: The Eighth Session of the 11th National People's Congress votes and approves the decision on the amended Rules of Procedure of the NPC Standing Committee
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.
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)