Today in History
May 15, 1946: The first issue of People's Daily is published
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Updated: 2011-05-18 17:12
May 15—22, 1926: The Second Congress of the Kuomintang holds its Second Plenary Session in Guangzhou
May 15, 1943: The Executive Committee of the Communist International makes a "decision on the proposal of dissolving the Comintern"
May 15, 1946: The first issue of People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, is published
May 15, 1953: Leaders of China and the Soviet Union sign the "Agreement on the Economic Assistance of the Government of the Soviet Union to the Central People's Government of China"
May 15—25, 1957: The New Democratic Youth League of China holds the third National Congress in Beijing
May 15—19, 1991: President of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Jiang Zemin pays an official visit to the Soviet Union
May 15—18, 1997: French President Jacques Chirac makes a state visit to China
May 15, 2002: The grand ceremony meeting for the 80th anniversary of the Communist Youth League is held in the Great Hall of People
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)