Today in History
August 1, 1927: The Nanchang Uprising breaks out
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Updated: 2011-08-02 10:44
August 1, 1927: The Nanchang Uprising breaks out
The Nanchang Uprising was the "first shot" of the CPC's armed struggle against the KMT reactionaries. From that time on, the CPC built its own army to lead the revolution independently and to seize the governing power through armed forces.
August 1, 1935: The CPC delegation to the Communist International drafts the "August 1 Delegation"
August 1, 1937: The CPC Central Committee issues "instructions on work in southern guerrilla regions"
August 1—22, 1948: The Sixth National Labor Conference is held in Harbin
August 1, 1955: Sino-US ambassador talks are held in Geneva
August 1, 1964: Liu Shaoqi points out: "Each province and each city should adopt two labor systems and education systems as the formal labor and education systems"
August 1—12, 1966: The 11th Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee is held in Beijing
August 1, 2007: A meeting to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army is held
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)