Chronicle of Events in 100 Years - China Military

Chronicle of Events in 100 Years

July 23, 1921
Founding of the Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded on July 23, 1921.
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July 16, 1922
The 2nd National Congress of the CPC
From July 16 to 23, 1922, the 2nd National Congress of the CPC was held in Shanghai.
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August 1, 1927
The Nanchang Uprising
The Nanchang Uprising marked the first military resistance against Kuomintang (KMT) counter revolutionaries and ushered in a new period in the CPC history.
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October 1927
The Autumn Harvest Uprising
Despite its failure, the Autumn Harvest Uprising blazed a new trail and created the first rural base – the Jinggang Mountains Revolutionary Base.
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December 1929
The Gutian Congress
The Gutian Congress summarized the Red Army's rich experience since its formation and underscored building the military and the Party with proletarian thoughts.
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November 7, 1931
Founding of the Temporary Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic
The Chinese Soviet Republic was an important attempt by the CPC to hold and exercise power in a local area.
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October 1934
Beginning of Long March by the Red Army
The Long March is a miracle in human history. The victory of the Long March was the key to turning the Chinese revolution from crisis to safety.
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January 15, 1935
The Zunyi Conference
The Zunyi Conference was a crucial turning point in the history of the CPC. It established Mao Zedong's leading position in the Red Army and the CPC Central Committee.
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December 1935
The Wayaobao Conference
The "Wayaobao Conference" was a critical conference held in the great transition period from the Second Revolutionary Civil War to the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
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September 1937
The second KMT-CPC cooperation
The second KMT-CPC cooperation and the formation of the Chinese United Front against Japanese Aggression were of great significance to the comprehensive unfolding of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
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September 29, 1938
The 6th Plenary Session of the 6th CPC Central Committee
The 6th Plenary Session of the 6th CPC Central Committee was regarded by Mao Zedong as a significant meeting that "decided China's future".
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April 23, 1945
The 7th National Congress of the CPC
The 7th National Congress of the CPC adopted the Mao Zedong Thought as the Party's guiding ideology and enshrined it in the new Party Constitution.
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June 26, 1946
Beginning of the War of Liberation
The War of Liberation refers to the war fought by the Chinese PLA under the CPC's leadership from August 1945 to September 1949 to overthrow the KMT regime and liberate whole China.
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March 5, 1949
The 2nd Plenary Session of the 7th CPC Central Committee
On the eve of the national victory of Chinese People's War of Liberation, the CPC held the 2nd Plenary Session of the 7th CPC Central Committee in Xibaipo, Hebei province, from March 5 to 13, 1949.
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October 1, 1949
Founding of the People's Republic of China
At the grand founding ceremony, Chairman Mao Zedong solemnly announced to the whole world "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China is founded today!"
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September 15, 1954
1st Session of the 1st National People's Congress
On September 15, 1954, the 1st session of the 1st National People's Congress was held in Beijing, which adopted the first Constitution of the People's Republic of China, generally known as the "1954 Constitution".
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December 18, 1978
The 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee
The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee re-affirmed the Party's theory of seeking truth from facts. The meeting made a historic decision to start reform and opening-up from January 1979.
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September 1, 1982
The 12th CPC National Congress
In his opening speech, Deng Xiaoping clearly put forward the major proposition of "building socialism with Chinese characteristics".
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October 25, 1987
The 13th CPC National Congress
The 13th CPC National Congress clarified the road map and timetable for China's reform and opening-up, as well as the socialist modernization drive.
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October 12, 1992
The 14th CPC National Congress
Guided by Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour Speeches in early 1992, the 14th CPC National Congress summarized the 14-year practical experience since the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee of the and made three decisions of far-reaching implications.
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July 1, 1997
Hong Kong's Return to China
At midnight on June 30, 1997, Hong Kong was peaceably handed over to China in a ceremony.
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September 12, 1997
The 15th CPC National Congress
The 15th CPC National Congress put forward a new "three-step" strategy for the first half of the 21st century, and established the Deng Xiaoping Theory as the Party's guiding ideology.
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December 20, 1999
Macao's Return to China
On December 20, 1999, China resumed its sovereignty over Macao.
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November 8, 2002
The 16th CPC National Congress
At the 16th CPC National Congress, Jiang Zemin delivered a report and gave a clear account of the major issues like the banner to be upheld, the path to be taken, the development goals to be realized by the CPC in the new century and new stage.
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October 15, 2007
The 17th CPC National Congress
The 17th CPC National Congress clearly addressed various questions of what banner the Party will uphold, what path it will take, what mental state it will assume, and with what development goal it will move forward.
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November 8, 2012
The 18th CPC National Congress
The 18th CPC National Congress affirmed the Scientific Outlook on Development as the Party's guiding ideology and action guide, determined the goal of building a moderately prosperous society and deepening the reform and opening-up in an all-round way.
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December 29, 2012
Chinese Dream
The core goals of the Chinese Dream can be summarized as the "Two Centenary Goals", that is, by the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC in 2021 and by the 100th anniversary of the founding of the PRC in 2049, the Chinese nation has succeeded in realizing its great revival step by step.
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February 2016
"Two studies, One Action"
"Two Studies, One Action" is a plan asking all Party members to study the Party Constitution and rules, as well as remarks made by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.
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October 18, 2017
The 19th CPC National Congress
The meeting passed a resolution on adopting the Revised Constitution of the CPC, with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era written into the Constitution as a new component of the Party's guide for actions.
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June 2019
The Education Campaign Themed "Remaining True to the Party's Original Aspirations and Keeping Its Mission Firmly in Mind"
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October 28, 2019
The 4th Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee
The session outlined the 13 marked advantages of the Party-led state governance system and profoundly revealed the reason why the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the state governance system are of high vitality and outstanding advantages.
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May 2020
The Two Sessions
Under the effect of the COVID-19 epidemic, the two sessions in 2020 shown many distinctive features different from the past.
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October 26, 2020
The 5th Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee
The plenary session has set the long-term goal of "basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035".
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2021.7.1
100th anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. China is about to embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.
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