Today in History
March 26—April 6, 1984: The meetings of coastal cities are held in Beijing
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Updated: 2011-03-28 16:03
March 26, 1949: The CPC Central Committee notifies the Nanjing Kuomintang government that the Committee will send Zhou Enlai, Lin Boqu, Lin Biao, Ye Jianying and Li Weihan as representatives for peace talks
March 26—April 6, 1984: The Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and State Council hold the meetings of coastal cities in Beijing
Meeting participants recommend opening 14 coastal port cities from north to south for development as a new and important step for reform and opening-up.
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)