Milestones

Milestones: 1983

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-30 05:12

-- White Swan Hotel, the first five-star joint venture hotel on the mainland, opens. The bold move by Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung spurs the reform and opening-up policy.

-- The CPC Central Committee and the State Council issue a circular to dismantle communes and reestablish township governments in October.