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May 4,1919: May Fourth Movement
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Updated: 2011-05-04 15:03
May 4, 1919: May Fourth Movement
The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4, 1919, protesting against the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles. The May Fourth Movement marked the beginning of the New Democratic Revolution.
May 4, 1946: The CPC Central Committee issues "instructions on the land issue", implementing the policy of "land to the tiller"
May 4, 1988: The State Council issues "provisions on encouraging investment and development in Hainan Island"
May 4, 1998: Peking University celebrates its 100th anniversary at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
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)