Today in History
August 5—20, 1973: The State Council holds the first national meeting on environmental protection
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August 5—20, 1973: The State Council holds the first national meeting on environmental protection under the guidance of Zhou Enlai
August 5—8, 1988: The State Scientific and Technological Commission holds the first national working conference on the "Torch" plan, which declares the formal implementation of the "Torch" plan
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)