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Contemporary China - On This Day - Fan Zhiyi & Sun Jihai
Contemporary China - On This Day - Fan Zhiyi & Sun Jihai

13 August 1998

First batch of Chinese professional football players joined world-class clubs

Contemporary China - On This Day - Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan

12 August 1978

Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and China was signed

Lu Xinhua's

11 August 1978

The publication of Lu Xinhua's short story "Scar"

Contemporary China - On This Day - College Students' Games

10 August 1982

First National College Games of China opened

Contemporary China - On This Day - Mei Lanfang Passed Away

8 August 1961

Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang passed away

Contemporary China - This Day in History - China Women's Volleyball Team

7 August 1984

China women's volleyball team won gold at LA Olympics

China Achieves Fiscal Balance for the First Time

6 August 1952

China achieved fiscal balance for the first time

Contemporary China - On This Day - Baiyun International Airport

5 August 2004

China's new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport put into operation

Results of the Last HKCEE Announced

4 August 2011

Results of the last HKCEE released

Bankruptcy of state-owned enterprises

3 August 1986

First bankruptcy declaration by a Chinese state-owned enterprise

Contemporary China - On this day in history - Teachers aiding Xizang

2 August 1974

First batch of teachers aiding China's Xizang set off

Contemporary China - On This Day - Beijing-Tianjin Intercity High-speed Railway

1 August 2008

Chinese Mainland's first high-speed railway commenced operation

Contemporary China - On this day in history - BeiDou-3

31 July 2020

China's BeiDou satellite system was formally commissioned

Contemporary China - On This Day - Suspension of Nuclear Testing

30 July 1996

Chinese government suspended nuclear testing

Lee Lai-shan

29 July 1996

Lee Lai-shan won HK's first Olympic gold medal

Contemporary China - On This Day - Arctic Research Station

28 July 2004

China's first Arctic research station Yellow River Station completed

Contemporary China - On This Day - Beijing Olympic Village

27 July 2008

Beijing Olympic Village for Olympic Games opened

The first batch of aircraft

26 July 1954

Test flight of China's first batch of self-made aircraft

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