Aug 2—16, 1959: The Eighth Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee is held
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Aug 2, 1923: The Central Political Bureau of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik) appoints Borodin as Sun Yat-sen's political adviser
Aug 2—16, 1959: The Eighth Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee is held at Lushan Mountain
Aug 2—7, 1980: The CPC Central Committee holds a national conference on labor and employment in Beijing
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