Major events in China in 2009

1. January 1, 2009 - The "Interim Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Business Tax" came into effect. ?

The "Interim Regulations of the People's Republic of China and State Business Tax" is a decree promulgated by the state in order to cooperate with the transformation and reform of value-added tax, upgrade the legal level of normative documents, and implement the Scientific Outlook on Development. ?

The "Interim Regulations of the People's Republic of China and State Business Tax" were revised and adopted at the 34th executive meeting of the State Council on November 5, 2008. The revised "Interim Regulations of the People's Republic of China and the State on Business Tax" are now announced and will come into effect on January 1, 2009.

2. January 1, 2009—China Central People’s Broadcasting Station’s Voice of the Elderly officially launched.

The tenth program of China National Broadcasting Station, "Voice of the Elderly", will be officially broadcast on January 1, 2009. "Voice of the Elderly" will be based on the physiological and psychological characteristics of the elderly to create a comprehensive program for the elderly. spiritual and cultural home.

Voice of the Elderly is a professional frequency launched by China People’s Broadcasting Station to pursue its own development under the dual background of population aging and professional broadcasting frequency.

Based on the same or similar demographic characteristics of middle-aged and elderly people in terms of physical, psychological and social roles, we provide a full range of services based on life and psychological needs, from news and information, life services, health care, leisure and entertainment to spirituality Create a spiritual and cultural home for middle-aged and elderly people from multiple aspects such as comfort and so on.

3. January 22, 2009—The first-instance verdict was pronounced in the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People’s Court in a series of criminal cases involving Sanlu milk powder.

Tian Wenhua, the former chairman of Sanlu Group, was sentenced to life imprisonment and deprived of political rights for life. Zhang Yujun, who produced and sold melamine-containing mixtures, was sentenced to death; Zhang Yanzhang was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Geng Jinping, who added a melamine-containing mixture to raw milk and sold it to Sanlu Group, was sentenced to death. Gao Junjie, who produced and sold mixtures containing melamine, was sentenced to death with a two-year suspended sentence; Xue Jianzhong was sentenced to life imprisonment. Others received prison terms.

4. March 1, 2009 - Under the precise control of scientific and technical personnel from the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, the Chang'e-1 satellite accurately landed on the moon at the scheduled impact point at 52.36 degrees east longitude and 1.50 degrees south latitude. .

Chang'e-1 is my country's first artificial satellite orbiting the moon. Named after the ancient Chinese mythological figure Chang'e, it was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology. The total weight is about 2350 kilograms, the dimensions are 2000 mm × 1720 mm × 2200 mm, the sailboard expansion length is 18 meters, and the preset life span is 1 year.

The main detection objectives of the satellite are: to obtain three-dimensional images of the lunar surface; to analyze the content of useful elements on the lunar surface and the distribution characteristics of material types; to detect the thickness of the lunar soil and the space environment from the earth to the moon.

5. March 28, 2009 - China’s first “Memorial Day for the Liberation of Millions of Serfs in Tibet”.

On January 19, 2009, the Second Session of the Ninth People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region voted to set March 28 of each year as the Liberation Day of One Million Serfs in Tibet. The 382 deputies of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress present at the meeting unanimously voted to adopt the "Decision of the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress on the Establishment of the Liberation Day of One Million Serfs in Tibet."

The establishment of the "Memorial Day for the Liberation of Millions of Serfs in Tibet" will allow the entire Chinese nation, including Tibetans, to always remember the historic event of counterinsurgency and democratic reform in Tibet 50 years ago.

Baidu Encyclopedia-2009