Today in History
July 8, 1971: The State Council issues the "Report on Family Planning Work"
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Updated: 2011-07-08 15:12
July 8, 1925: The National Government of Guangdong decides to expand the Whampoa Military Academy to the First Army of National Revolutionary Army Forces, and Chiang Kai-shek is named Army Commander
July 8, 1937: The CPC Central Committee issues the “Communist Party of China Telegram regarding the Japanese Army's attack at the Marco Polo Bridge"
July 8, 1952: The CPC Central Committee issues "Instructions on Problems that the Ongoing Movement of Increasing Saving should Pay Attention To"
July 8, 1971: The State Council issues the "Report on Family Planning Work" developed by the Ministry of Health
July 8, 2010: The CPC Central Committee and State Council issue the "National Long-Term Education Reform and Development Plan (2010-2020)"
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)