Today in History
June 17, 1967: China's first hydrogen bomb is successfully detonated
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Updated: 2011-06-17 16:02
June 17—July 6, 1948: The bulk of the East China Field Army carries out the Kaifeng campaign in cooperation with the Central Plains Field Army
June 17, 1967: China's first hydrogen bomb is successfully detonated over a region of western China
June 17, 1999: Jiang Zemin chairs a forum for the reform and development of state-owned enterprises in Xi'an.
June 17, 2005: The Central Committee issues a notice entitled "The NPC Standing Committee of the CPC's Ideas to Further Develop the Role of the NPC and Strengthen the System Construction of the NPC"
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)