July 31—Aug 1, 1955: The CPC Central Committee convenes a meeting of provincial, municipal and regional Party committee secretaries
July 31—Aug 3, 1958: August Khrushchev, first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, visits China
July 31, 1963: The CPC Central Committee announces the end of streamline work
July 31, 1972: The Department of Defense holds a grand reception to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army
July 31, 1981: The State Council approves a "Report on the Comprehensive Economic Reform Pilot (project) in Changsha, Hubei province"
July 31, 1997: The CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission meet in the Great Hall to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army
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.
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)