Today in History
July 17—Sept 13, 1947: The National Land Conference is held in Xibaipo
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July 17—Sept 13, 1947: The CPC Central Working Committee holds the National Land Conference in Xibaipo, Hebei province
July 17—21, 1957: The CPC Central Committee holds a meeting to summarize the previous experience of the anti-rightist struggle and proposes the next steps
July 17, 1977: The Central Political Bureau approves a proposal by the State Planning Commission to introduce new technology and equipment during the next eight years
July 17, 2006: President Hu Jintao addresses leaders of developing countries at a Group of Eight meeting on global energy security, national economies and people's livelihoods
July 17—18, 2010: The Special Meeting of Asian Political Parties on Poverty Reduction is held in Kunming, Yunnan 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)