Today in History
May 23, 1951: An agreement that declares Tibet's peaceful liberation
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Updated: 2011-05-23 16:27
May 23, 1951: The Central People's Government and Tibetan local government sign an agreement in Beijing that declares Tibet's peaceful liberation
May 23—June 6, 1985: An enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission is held in Beijing to discuss the strategy of reducing army staff numbers
May 23—27, 1991: The Fourth National Congress of the China Science and Technology Association is held in Beijing
May 23, 2007: The State Council issues a "Notice on a Comprehensive Work Program for Energy Reduction"
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)