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Modern China - On This Day - China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology

16 November 1957

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology was established

Xi Jinping succeeds Hu Jintao

15 November 2012

Xi Jinping elected as General Secretary of the Central Committee of CPC

Socialist Market Economy

14 November 1993

China launched reform towards "socialist market economy" system

Contemporary China - On This Day - Tangshan

13 November 1990

China's Tangshan awarded the UN "Habitat Scroll of Honour Award"

KFC

12 November 1987

The first KFC in Chinese Mainland opened

Tencent

11 November 1998

China's Tencent was founded in Shenzhen

Modern China - On This Day - Underwater Robot

10 November 1994

China's first untethered underwater robot successfully developed

Contemporary China - On This Day - Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology

9 November 2000

China's Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronological Table officially published

West-to-East Power Transmission

8 November 2000

China's west-to-east power transmission programme launched

7 November 2003

Chinese Guqin selected as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity"

Three Gorges Dam project interception

6 November 2002

China's Three Gorges Dam achieved full flow interception

Modern China - On This Day - Missile Launch

5 November 1960

China's first missile successfully launched

Hua Luogeng Mathematics Award

4 November 1992

First "Hua Luogeng Mathematics Award"

Contemporary China - On This Day in History - Beijing-Kowloon Railway Acceptance

3 November 1997

Beijing-Kowloon Railway successfully passes national acceptance inspection

C919 officially rolled off assembly line

2 November 2015

China's first C919 aircraft rolled off assembly line

J-20

1 November 2016

China's J-20 fighter jet made its public debut

Shanghai-Jiading Expressway

31 October 1988

China's Shanghai-Jiading Expressway opened to traffic

Contemporary China - On This Day in History - Project Hope

30 October 1989

China's "Project Hope" formally established

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