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CONTENTS

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1949 The Inaugural Ceremony of the People' s Republic of China

1950 The War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea

1951 Land Reform

1952 Three-Antis and Five-Antis Movements

1953 China' s Capital of Steel

1954 The Constitution of 1954

1955 Agricultural Collectivization

1956 First Automobile Works

1957 Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge

1958 Shisanling Reservior

1959 Daqing Oilfield

1960 Conquering Qomolangma

1961 Crowning of a Table Tennis Superpower

1962 Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble

1963 Learning from Lei Feng

1964 China' s First Atomic Bomb

1965 Synthetic Bovine Insulin

1966 Jiao Yulu

1967 Model Operas

1968 Educated Youth to the Countryside

1969 Barefoot Doctors

1970 Worker-Peasant-Soldier Students

1971 Return to the UN

1972 On the Golden Mountain of Beijing

1973 Father of Hybrid Rice

1974 Terracotta Warriors

1975 Liujiaxia Hydropower Station

1976 Tangshan Earthquake

1977 College Entrance Examinations Restored

1978 The 3rd Plenum Session of 11th CPC Central Committee

1979 Return to Olympics

1980 The Establishment of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

1981 Glory of the Chinese Women' s Volleyball Team

1982 Yiwu Small Commodity Market

1983 Galaxy Series of Giant Computer

1984 "Hello, Xiaoping"

1985 Laser Typesetting System for Chinese Characters

1986 Commencing the 863 Program

1987 TV Series Dream of the Red Chamber

1988 Break Ice in Taiwan Straits

1989 The Hope Project

1990 Beijing Asian Games

1991 Opening of Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Markets

1992 Deng Xiaoping' s Inspection in South china

1993 Food Coupons Abolished

1994 Three Gorges Project

1995 Victory Day for the War Against Japanese Aggression

1996 Establishment of Labor Contract System

1997 Hong Kong' s Return to the Motherland

1998 Battle to Contain Massive Floods

1999 Transition of Sovereignty over Macao

2000 Western Region Development

2001 China' s Accession into the WTO

2002 Hero — Chinese Blockbuster released

2003 Battls against SARS

2004 The Chinese Women's Tennis Team Won Championship

2005 Lian Zhan Visited Mainland China

2006 Abolishing Agricultural Taxes

2007 Adjusting Statutory Holidays

2008 Beijing Olympic Games

2009 60th Anniversary of New China

2010 Shanghai World Expo

2011 The High-speed Railway Linking Beijing and Shanghai Opened

2012 18th CPC National Congress

2013 The Shenzhou-10 Took Flight into the Sky

2014 Selective Two-child Policy

2015 September 3 Military Parade

2016 The World's Largest Single-aperture Radio Telescope Begins Operations

2017 Establishment of the Xiong'an New District

2018 Opening of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

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