Chapter 17 Appendix A brief list of major events in Enlai's life

Born in Huaian, Jiangsu on March 5, 1898, his ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang. In 1910, he successively entered Yingang Academy in Yinzhou (now Tieling County, Liaoning Province) in Fengtian Province, and Class D of Fengtian Sixth Class Primary School (later renamed Dongguan Model School) in Fengtianfu (now Shenyang City).His grades in all subjects are among the best, and he has developed a good habit of reading newspapers, caring about state affairs, and exercising every day. In a self-cultivation class in 1911, when answering the teacher's question "Why study?", he replied: "For the rise of China."

In 1913, he was admitted to Tianjin Nankai School. In 1914, he and his classmates Zhang Ruifeng, Chang Ceou and others organized the Dedicated Music Club, and was promoted by the members as the Minister of Intellectual Education.In the same year, he won the second place in the "National Cultural Beauty" competition of Nankai School. In 1916, he served as the head of the literary department of Nankai School's "School Spirit". In September 1917, boarded a ship from Tianjin to Japan, and wrote a seven-character poem before the trip, "Song of the Great River, stop turning around...".

The influence of the victory of the October Revolution in Russia in 1918 spread to Japan, and it began to come into contact with Marxism. Returned to China in April 1919.In May, he participated in the May 4th Movement in Tianjin and was one of the main leaders of the student circle.In September, presided over the founding meeting of Juewu Society and drafted the manifesto of Juowu Society. In 1920, he was arrested for leading student petitions in Tianjin and was released in July.Go to Europe for a work-study program in November. In the spring of 1921, introduced by Zhang Shenfu and Liu Qingyang, he joined the Paris Communist Group, one of the eight founding groups of the Communist Party of China.

In 1922, he initiated the organization of the Chinese Youth Communist Party in Europe and served as the head of the European branch of the Chinese Communist Party.Introduce Zhu De to join the party. Returning to China in 1924, he served as the chairman of the Guangdong District Committee of the Communist Party of China, member of the Standing Committee and Minister of Military Affairs, and director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy. In 1925, he participated in leading the Eastern Expedition.In August of that year, she married Deng Yingchao in Guangzhou. In the summer of 1926, he gave a lecture on "Peasant Movement and Military Movement" at the Sixth Peasant Movement Workshop hosted by Mao Zedong. In December, he served as Secretary of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Central Military Commission.

In 1927, he served as Secretary of the First Committee of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Districts of the Communist Party of China.Leading the third armed uprising of Shanghai workers.He was elected as a member of the Central Committee and a member of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Party of China.In July, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Provisional Political Bureau.Lead the August 1st Nanchang Uprising. He attended the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1928, and was later elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. He served as the head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee and secretary of the Central Military Commission.Adhere to the leadership of the Party Central Committee in Shanghai, the Kuomintang ruled area.

In 1930, he presided over the Third Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Party with Qu Qiubai, correcting Li Lisan's "Left" error. At the end of 1931, he entered the Jiangxi Central Soviet Area and served as Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area. In November 1932, he served as the General Political Commissar of the First Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In 1933, he served as the General Political Commissar of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and participated in leading the fourth campaign against "encirclement and suppression" to victory.

In 1934, he served as vice chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. During the Long March in 1935, he attended the Zunyi Conference and assisted Mao Zedong in leading the Central Red Army to reach northern Shaanxi successfully. In 1936, he went to Xi'an on behalf of the Party Central Committee and negotiated with the Kuomintang and others to achieve a peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident. In 1937, he negotiated with the Kuomintang on behalf of the Party Central Committee, leading to the formation of the anti-Japanese national united front.In North China, he participated in commanding the Eighth Route Army's operations against Japan and carried out strategic deployment behind enemy lines.

In 1938, he successively organized and promoted the anti-Japanese national united front work in Wuhan and Chongqing.At the end of the year, he served as Secretary of the Southern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In July 1943, he returned to Yan'an to participate in the preparations for the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In April 1945, he participated in the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China and made a speech on "On the United Front".In June, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee at the First Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee.In August, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to Chongqing to conduct peace negotiations with the Kuomintang.

In January 1946, on behalf of the Communist Party of China, reached an agreement with the Kuomintang government to stop military conflicts and resume traffic issues.Participate in political consultative meetings.Later, the Kuomintang broke the agreement, the negotiations broke down, and they returned to Yan'an. From 1947 to 1949, he assisted Mao Zedong in commanding the National War of Liberation and guided the patriotic and democratic movement in the Kuomintang-ruled areas. In October 1949, the People's Republic of China was established.Served as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In 1950, he and Mao Zedong signed the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance" with Stalin in Moscow. In 1953, he led the formulation of my country's first five-year construction plan. In 1954, the First National People's Congress decided to serve as Premier of the State Council.Led the Chinese delegation to attend the Geneva Conference.During the adjournment, he was invited to visit India and Myanmar successively, and issued the China-India and China-Myanmar joint statements respectively, unanimously proposing the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence as the norms for handling international relations.

Attended the Bandung Conference in 1955. In January 1956, he made a "Report on Intellectual Issues" at the meeting on intellectual issues held by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.In September, at the Party's Eighth National Congress, the report "Suggestions on the Second Five-Year Plan for Developing the National Economy".Elected as Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Committee at the First Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee.In November, he visited eleven countries in Asia and Europe, and returned to China in February of the following year. In August 1957, he made a report on "Several Issues Concerning my country's Ethnic Policy" at the National Ethnic Work Symposium. In 1960, he participated in formulating the policy of "adjusting, consolidating, enriching, and improving" the national economy, and organized its implementation. In 1962, he made a report at the meeting of scientific and literary workers, clarifying the party's policy on intellectuals. In December 1963, he visited fourteen countries in Asia and Africa.Returned home in March of the following year. In 1964, the "Government Work Report" was made at the Third National People's Congress, announcing that my country would be built into a powerful socialist country with modern agriculture, modern industry, modern national defense and modern science and technology. In 1971, he assisted Mao Zedong in smashing the Lin Biao counter-revolutionary clique. In February and September 1972, he held talks with the heads of the U.S. government and the Japanese government successively, and issued the Sino-U.S. Joint Communiqué and the Joint Statement of the Chinese and Japanese governments. In 1974, he presided over the reception for the 25th anniversary of the National Day. During his serious illness in 1975, he made the "Government Work Report" at the Fourth National People's Congress, reiterating the grand goal of realizing the modernization of my country's agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology by the end of this century. He died in Beijing on January 8, 1976.