Today in History
May 27, 1949: The Third Field Army liberates Shanghai
Updated: 2011-05-27 10:33
May 27, 1949: The Third Field Army liberates Shanghai, then China's largest city and the economic center of country
May 27, 1953: The minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, Li Weihan, submits a report on "public-private relationships in capitalist industries"
May 27—July 22, 1958: The CPC Central Military Commission meets to discuss national defense and a future policy for building army troop strength
May 27—June 5, 1978: The Third National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles meets in Beijing to formally announce a renewal of work.
May 27, 1985: The CPC Central Committee promulgates the "decision on education reform"
May 27, 2005: The Fourth National Commendation Congress for Ethic Unity and Progress is held in Beijing
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)