Today in History
May 14—16, 2004: Rejuvenating the old industrial bases of northeastern China
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Updated: 2011-05-18 17:12
May 14, 1992: Nie Rongzhen dies in Beijing at the age of 93
Nie is praised as a loyal proletarian revolutionary, militarist, one of the founders of the People's Liberation Army and an outstanding leader of the Party and country.
May 14—16, 2004: Hu Jintao goes to Jilin to inspect the strategy implementation of rejuvenating the old industrial bases of northeastern China
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)