71 Photos for 71 Years! Happy Birthday China!
Source: OT-Team (AFJ)
On October 1, 1949, the founding ceremony was held.
On May 1, 1950, the first law of new China - the Marriage Law was formally implemented. The law abolished feudal marriage and introduced new democratic marriage systems.
On May 1, 1951, on the day of Labor Day, the first national emblem of new China was put on Tian An Men.
On July 1, 1952, the first railway built by new China - Chengdu Chongqing railway was opened to traffic. This is the first railway in China that is entirely designed and built by China, including all materials and components.
Beginning in 1953, new China began to implement its first five-year plan which marked the full start of China's modernization.
On September 20, 1954, the first session of the first National People's Congress adopted the constitution of the people's Republic of China, the first constitution.
On September 1955, the Beijing Department Store on the Wangfujing street opened. This is the first large-scale retail department store invested by the state and known as "the first shop in New China".
On July 13, 1956, the first car in New China, the Jiefang Truck, ended in the history of China's failure to build cars.
On October 1957, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was open to traffic. It is the first bridge built on the Yangtze River after the founding of new China. It is also the first railway and highway dual-use bridge in China.
On March 17, 1958, China's first domestically produced television, the Beijing TV set, was made. Since then, TV set began to enter thousands of households.
On April 5, 1959, at the 25th World Table Tennis Championship, Rong Guotuan won the men's singles championship, which was the first world champion in Chinese sports history.
On October 1, 1960, China signed the Border Treaty between the People's Republic of China and the Federal Government of Myanmar, which is the first border formally demarcated between China and its neighbors since its founding.
In 1961, Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard built the first 10,000-ton hydraulic press in New China, ending the history that China could not manufacture large forgings.
On May 22, 1962, the first Chinese film "Hundred Flowers Award" award ceremony was held in Beijing. Cui Wei and Zhu Xijuan won the best actor and actress award.
In January 1963, Chen Zhongwei, a Shanghai doctor, successfully replanted a severed forearm for a young worker and shocked the international medical community.
On October 16, 1964, China successfully exploded its first atomic bomb and became the fifth nuclear-armed country in the world.
On September 17, 1965, Chinese scientists successfully synthesized crystalline bovine insulin. This is also the first synthetic protein in the world.
On August 10, 1966, the first rural cooperative medical system pilot project appeared in China. Cooperative medical care was the creation of Chinese farmers. The World Health Organization calls rural cooperative medical care the "only model of solving health expenditure in developing countries".
On June 17, 1967, China's first hydrogen bomb exploded successfully, and China became the fourth country in the world that master the technology of hydrogen bomb.
On January 8, 1968, the successful completion of the first self-designed and built 10,000-ton ocean-going ship, the Dongfeng, opened the curtain for large-scale construction of ships with more than 10,000 tons in China.
On October 1, 1969, Beijing opened the first subway in New China, Metro Line 1. At present, the total mileage of China's MTR exceeds 5500 km, and its operation scale ranks first in the world.
On April 24, 1970, China's first man-made satellite, Dongfanghong-1, was successfully launched, creating a new era in China's space history.
On October 25, 1971, the twenty-sixth session of the United Nations restored China's legitimate seat in the United Nations. This is a major event in political history.
On February 21, 1972, President Nixon landed at Beijing Airport and extended his hand to Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, who came to greet him. This was a handshake between "the world's largest developing country" and "the world's largest developed country".
In 1973, Yuan Longping bred the "Oriental Magic Rice" - the first generation Indica Hybrid rice, which greatly increased China's grain production. Yuan Longping is therefore regarded as the father of Hybrid Rice by international agronomic circles.
In 1974, Chinese scientists and technicians designed and developed the first generation of China's main battle tank, which served as a step in self-development, rather than imitation.
In September 1975, Wang Xuan, a teacher of Peking University, used a unique method to store precise Chinese characters into the computer for the first time, opening the door for Chinese characters to enter the computer age.
In 1976, Zhao Zisen, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, implemented China's first quartz optical fiber in Wuhan, which opened a new era of optical fiber digital communication in China.
At the 1977 National Conference on Education, Professor Cha Quanxing was the first to advocate the resumption of college entrance examination and praised as "the first person advocating the resumption of college entrance examination".
In December 1978, 18 farmer families in Xiaogang Village of Fengyang, Anhui Province, signed the contract of "all-round contract" and opened the pioneer of China's rural household contract responsibility system, Xiaogang Village is therefore called "the first village of China's reform".
The first Chinese civilian that drank Coca-Cola. It was taken on March 30, 1979 by a photographer named James, who brought Coca-Cola into China.
On December 11, 1980, Zhang Huamei, a 19-year-old Wenzhou girl, received No. 10101 of the Industrial and Commercial Certificate, a special business license from Wenzhou Bureau of Industry and Commerce. She became "China's First Individual Business Household".
In 1981, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the first world championship.
On January 1, 1982, the Central Committee promulgated the first Document No. 1 - "Summary of the National Rural Work Conference". It formally recognized the legitimacy of "contract-to-household".
In September 1983, Shanghai opened the first paging station in the mainland, and BP machine began to appear in public life.
On November 18, 1984, with the approval of the Shanghai Branch of the People's Bank of China, Shanghai Feilo Acoustics Co.,Ltd. was established to issue 10,000 shares of 50 yuan per share to the public. This is the first listed stock issued since China's reform and opening up.
In February 1985, Guangzhou held the first beauty contest, which was also the first beauty contest after the founding of New China.
On August 3, 1986, Shenyang Explosion-proof Instrument Factory declared bankruptcy, becoming the first public-owned enterprise in New China to declare bankruptcy.
On November 18, 1987, Guangzhou took the lead in opening the mobile phone system in China, and some people started using cellular phones.
On March 10, 1988, China's first test tube baby girl was born, bringing hope to thousands of infertile families.
In February 1989, rock singer Cui Jian completed Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March. This is his first solo album and the first original rock and roll album in Chinese history.
On October 8, 1990, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Shenzhen, attracting many people to queue up and buy.
On December 15, 1991, Qinshan Nuclear Power Station, the first nuclear power plant designed and built by China itself, was connected to the grid to generate electricity, ending the history of non-nuclear power in the mainland of China.
In 1992, Li Xiaohua, a businessman, bought China's first Ferrari with a license plate of Beijing A00001, for the equivalent of $138,888.
On September 25, 1993, the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway was opened to traffic. This is the first expressway approved by the State Council and the first cross-provincial Expressway in mainland China.
On April 20, 1994, China formally accessed the Internet and implemented it. Since then, China has had "netizens".
In March 1995, Guangdong Development Bank issued the first truly international standard credit card in mainland China.
In May 1996, the first Internet cafe in Chinese history appeared in Shanghai. The price of Internet access reached 40 yuan per hour, which was very expensive at that time.
In June 1997, Ding Lei founded NetEase, the first Internet portal in China. A few months later, Sina and Sohu were set up.
In November 1998, Ma Huateng and Zhang Zhidong founded Tencent and launched the first instant messaging software, Tencent QQ.
In early 1999, Ma Yun founded Alibaba, and Taobao has since opened the online shopping life of the Chinese people. Twenty years later, Alibaba has developed into the top Chinese internet company in market value.
On October 31, 2000, Beidou Navigation Test Satellite, the first self-developed navigation and positioning satellite in China, was successfully launched. China has become the third country with autonomous satellite navigation system following the US and Russia.
On December 11, 2001, China joined the WTO formally, and its opening to the outside world entered a new historical stage.
In 2002, the Chinese men's football team completed its first World Cup.
On October 15, 2003, China's first manned spacecraft, Shenzhou 5, was successfully launched, and Yang Liwei became the first Chinese visitor to space.
In 2004, the number of Internet users in China surpassed that in the United States and ranked first in the world.
On January 1, 2005, the first national economic census of New China began.
In 2006, for the first time, China surpassed Japan as the world's largest foreign exchange reserve country.
In May 2007, Wang Xing founded the first micro-blog website in China, fanfou.com.
On August 8, 2008, China held the Olympic Games for the first time. The Olympic Games let the whole world see China's development and opening up.
In 2009, China surpassed the United States for the first time and became the world's largest automobile producer and seller.
In 2010, China's manufacturing added value surpassed that of the United States for the first time.
On March 5, 2011, on the Libyan evacuation flight, Chinese compatriots yelled "Long live our motherland". This is the first time that China has used military force to participate in the evacuation of overseas Chinese.
In 2012, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature and became the first Chinese writer to win the prize.
In 2013, the number of outbound Chinese tourists jumped to the first place in the world for the first time, and China became the largest outbound tourism market in the world.
In October 2014, China first put forward "Made in China 2025" and began to comprehensively promote the strategy of manufacturing power.
On December 21, 2015, the supercomputer Sunway Taihu Light was launched in Wuxi and became fastest of its kind in the world. This is the first supercomputer built entirely with domestic processors.
On October 1, 2016, the RMB formally joined the SDR basket, which means that the status of the RMB reserve currency has been formally recognized for the first time.
On May 3, 2017, the world's first optical quantum computer was made in China.
In 2018, China's manufacturing industry accounted for 28% of the world's added value, and the output of more than 220 industrial products ranked first in the world. After 70 years of development, China has become the only country in the world with all the industrial categories in the United Nations Industrial Classification.
On July 22, 2019, Fortune's list of the world's top 500 companies was released: 129 Chinese companies were listed, surpassing the United States for the first time and ranking first in the list.
On September 7th, 2020, China held a meeting in Beijing to commend role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. Zhong Nanshan, was presented the recipients of the Medal of the Republic, while Chen Wei, Zhang Boli and Zhang Dingyu, were presented the national honorary title.