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  • 1921

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    1921

    The Communist Party of China is founded.

  • 1927

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    1927

    The first countryside revolutionary base is established in Jinggangshan, East China's Jiangxi province.

  • 1934

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    1934

    The Red Army starts the Long March.

  • 1937

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    1937

    The whole-of-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression begins.

  • 1949

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    1949

    The People's Republic of China is established.

  • 1950

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    1950

    Land reform is carried out in liberated areas.

  • 1950

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    1950

    The Chinese People's Volunteers enter the DPRK to fight in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

  • 1955

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    1955

    China's first large oil field is discovered in Karamay after the founding of the new China.

  • 1956

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    1956

    China's first home-made fighter jet makes its maiden flight.

  • 1956

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    1956

    New China's first truck rolls off the assembly line.

  • 1960

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    1960

    Chinese mountaineers ascend Mount Qomolangma.

  • 1964

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    1964

    China successfully explodes its first atomic bomb.

  • 1970

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    1970

    China's first satellite Dongfanghong I is launched.

  • 1974

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    1974

    China's first nuclear-powered submarine is commissioned.

  • 1978

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    1978

    The 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China holds its third plenary session, marking the start of reform and opening-up.

  • 1997

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    1997

    The Chinese government resumes exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong.

  • 1999

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    1999

    The Chinese government resumes exercise of sovereignty over Macao.

  • 2001

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    2001

    China joins the World Trade Organization.

  • 2003

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    2003

    The first Chinese person is sent into space.

  • 2006

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    2006

    Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the highest railroad in the world, is put into use.

  • 2008

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    2008

    Beijing holds the 29th Olympic Games.

  • 2010

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    2010

    Expo 2010 Shanghai is held.

  • 2012

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    2012

    China's first aircraft carrier is commissioned.

  • 2013

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    2013

    The Belt and Road Initiative is put forward.

  • 2016

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    2016

    Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) begins operation.

  • 2017

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    2017

    China sets up the Xiong'an New Area.

  • 2018

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    2018

    Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge opens to traffic.

  • 2020

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    2020

    The Beidou Navigation Satellite System is completed and starts providing full-scale global services.

  • 2020

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    2020

    China secures major strategic achievements in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

  • 2020

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    2020

    The last 832 poor counties are lifted out of poverty.