Today in History
March 14,2005: The 3rd Session of the 10th NPC passes the "Anti-Secession Law"
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Updated: 2011-03-14 15:45
March 14, 1956: The State Council establishes the Scientific Planning Committee for the 12-year development of national natural science and social science in 1956 and 1967
March 14, 1979: Li Xiannian and Chen Yun write a letter to the Central Committee on financial matters, and suggest adjusting the national economy
March 14 and March 15, 1980: The Secretariat of the Central Committee holds a working conference on Tibet to discuss several issues related to the policies and tasks of Tibet's development
March 14—27, 1993: The First Session of the Eighth National Committee of the CPPCC is held in Beijing and Li Ruihuan is elected Chairman of the CPPCC
March 14, 2004: The Second Session of the 10th NPC passes amendments to the Constitution of the PRC, establishing the guiding position of the "Three Represents" in national political and social life
March 14, 2005: The Third Session of the 10th NPC passes the "Anti-Secession Law"
March 14, 2006: The Fourth Session of the 10th NPC passes the "Resolution of the 11th Five-Year Plan on National Economic and Social Development"
March 14, 2008: Serious crimes including looting and arson occur in Lhasa
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)