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May 18, 1978:  Establishment of a leading group to introduce new technologies

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Updated: 2011-05-18 17:13

May 18—30, 1927: The Executive Committee of Communist International holds its Eighth Plenary Session in Moscow

May 18, 1936: The Central Revolutionary Military Commission issues an order for the western expedition campaign

May 18, 1978: The CPC Central Committee approves the States Council's establishment of a leading group to introduce new technologies
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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)

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