Major Events in the People's Republic of China

  • Proclamation of the People's Republic of China

    Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
  • Join the Korean War and help North Korea

    Join the Korean War and help North Korea
  • Seventeen Point Agreement

    Seventeen Point Agreement
    Peaceful liberation of Tibet, China
  • 1st National People's Congress

    1st National People's Congress
    The First National People's Congress convenes and the Constitution is promulgated
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    Great Chinese Famine

  • Project 596

    Project 596
    China's first atomic bomb was successfully tested.
  • The Cultural Revolution

    The Cultural Revolution
    It was called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Mao Zedong's starting point in launching this “Revolution” was to prevent the restoration of capitalism, to safeguard the purity of the Party, and to seek China's own way of building socialism.
  • Restoration of China's legal seat in the United Nations

    Restoration of China's legal seat in the United Nations
    United Nations General Assembly resolution 2758, a resolution to vote on the “Question of the restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations Organization”.
  • Nixon's visit to China

    Nixon's visit to China
    China-US rapprochement easing
  • Reform and opening up

    Reform and opening up
    A series of economically-oriented reforms formally implemented by the second generation of the central leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) centered on Deng Xiaoping
  • Establishment of Sino-U.S. diplomatic relations

    Establishment of Sino-U.S.  diplomatic relations
  • June 4th Tiananmen Incident

    June 4th Tiananmen Incident
  • Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour

    Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour
    We will promote the establishment of a "socialist market economy"
  • Handover of Hong Kong

    Handover of Hong Kong
    On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong was returned to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom in accordance with the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration.
  • Handover of Macau

    Handover of Macau
    Resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over Macao by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China on December 20, 1999
  • China’s accession to the WTO

    China’s accession to the WTO
  • 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

    2008 Beijing Olympic Games
  • China becomes the world's second largest economy

    China becomes the world's second largest economy
    China's GDP has surpassed Japan's to become the world's second largest economy
  • the Belt and Road

    the Belt and Road
  • China–United States trade war

    China–United States trade war