Today in History
Aug 15, 1945: Japanese Emperor Hirohito announces Japan's unconditional surrender
Aug 14, 1975: Mao Zedong exchanges views with his staff on the classic Chinese novel "Water Margin"
Aug 13—Sept 25, 1977: The National College Entrance Conference is held in Beijing
Aug 12—18, 1977: The 11th National Congress of the CPC is held in Beijing
Aug 11, 1921: The China Labor Combination Secretary Department is established in Shanghai
Aug 10 Aug 10, 1946: The Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan military area launches the Longhai Campaign
Aug 9, 1945: The Chinese people warmly welcome the Soviet Union's declared war on Japan
August 8—24, 2008: The 29th Olympic Games is successfully held in Beijing
August 7, 1927: The CPC Central Committee holds an emergency meeting in Hankou
August 6, 1935: Fang Zhimin, a CPC military and political leader, dies a martyr's death
August 5—20, 1973: The State Council holds the first national meeting on environmental protection
August 4, 1941: The CPC Central Committee issues a "Decision on Enemy and Puppet Army Organization Work"
August 3, 1935: The Red Army headquarters draft a campaign plan at Xiahe and Taohe River
August 2—16, 1959: The Eighth Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee is held
August 1, 1927: The Nanchang Uprising breaks out
July 31—Aug 3, 1958: August Khrushchev, first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, visits China
July 30, 1955: "The Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China" is published
July 29, 1952: The Five-Star Red Flag is raised the first time at the Olympic Games
July 28, 1976: A deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs in Tangshan
July 27—Aug 15, 1949: Chen Yun hosts the meeting of Finance and Economy in Shanghai
July 26, 1945: China, the United States and Britain issue the Potsdam Proclamation
July 25—Aug 24, 1962: The CPC Central Committee holds a working conference in Beidaihe
July 24, 1966: The CPC Central Committee and State Council issues a "Notice on the Reform of College Entrance Work"
July 23, 1921: The First CPC National Congress opens in Shanghai
July 22, 1928: Pingjiang Uprising
July 21—22, 2010: The National Party History Work Conference is held in Beijing
July 20—25, 1954: The First Congress of the All-Chinese National Cooperative is held
July 19, 2001: A meeting to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Tibet's peaceful liberation is held in Lhasa
July 18—21, 2001: Zhu Rongji takes an inspection trip to Anhui province
July 17—Sept 13, 1947: The National Land Conference is held in Xibaipo
July 16—23, 1922: The Second National Congress of the CPC is held in Shanghai
July 15, 1927: Wang Jingwei decides to divide the Communist Party of China
July 14, 1919: The "Xiang Jiang River Review" is published
July 13, 2001: Beijing wins the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games
July 12, 1949: The Central Financial and Economic Committee is formed
July 11, 1946: Li Kung-po is assassinated in Kunming
July 10, 1949: The CPC Central Committee decides to establish the air force
July 9, 1926: The National Revolutionary Army pledges to launch the Northern Expedition
July 8, 1971: The State Council issues the "Report on Family Planning Work"
July 7, 1937: Japanese imperialists manufacture the Marco Polo Bridge incident
July 5—7, 1903: The National Financial Working Conference is held in Beijing
July 6, 1976: Zhu De dies
July 4, 2002: Work begins on the West- East Gas Transmission Project
July 3, 1924: The Peasant Movement Institute opens in Guangzhou
July 2, 1949: The First Congress of the All-China Literary and Art Workers opens
July 1, 1921: The Communist Party of China is founded
June 30, 1947: The strategic offensive of the People's Liberation Army begins
June 29, 1950: "The Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China"
June 28—29, 2000: The Central Ideological and Political Work Conference is held
June 27—29, 1981: The Sixth Plenary Session of the 11th CPC 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)