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February 7

Editorial by Renmin Ribao, Hongqi and Jiefangjun Bao, Study Documents Well and Grasp Key Link. With Hua Guofeng's approval it pronounces the slogan, We must resolutely support whatever decision Chairman Mao made and consistently follow whatever directives Chairman Mao issued. Two whatever's lam at perpetuating Mao's leftist mistakes committed during his later years.

March 10-22

CPC working conference. Chen Yun, Wang Zhen, others propose restoring Deng Xiaoping's posts and rehabilitating Tiananmen incident. Proposal warmly supported by participants but turned down by Hua Guofeng.

July 16-21

Beijing, Third Plenary Session of Tenth CPC Central Committee. unanimously approves Hua Guofeng's appointments made October 7, 1976, and resolutions restoring Deng Xiaoping to his posts, expelling gang of four from Party and dismissing them from all their posts.

Endorses decision of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee on convening 1lth National Congress of Party before due date.

Deng Xiaoping says Mao Zedong Thought should be interpreted in spirit and not individual words.

August 12-18

Beijing, 11th National Congress of Communist Party of China. Hua Guofeng reviews struggle against gang of four and announces end of cultural revolution.

Reaffirms fundamental task of Party to build China into powerful modern socialist country, but at same time adheres to theory, policies of cultural revolution.

August 19

First Plenary Session of 11th CPC Central Committee: Elects Hua Guofeng Party chairman and Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian, Wang Dongxing vice-chairmen.

August 13-September 25

National conference on college enrolment, Beijing: Restores standard state college entrance exam, after its abolition during cultural revolution.

December 10

Hu Yaobang appointed Head of Organization Department of CPC, proceeds to handle cases of unjustified persecution.

End of 1977

National economy quickly restored.

¡¡ Foreign Relaitons

February 17

Diplomatic relations established with Liberia.

April 7

Diplomatic relations established with Jordan.

May 30

Diplomatic relations established with Barbados.

June 13

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in statement lodges serious protest with Japanese government against its flagrant infringement of China's sovereignty by Diet's ``automatic approval'' of the so-called Japan-South Korea ``Agreement on Joint Development of the Continental Shelf' through extending Diet session. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China states` The East China Sea continental shelf is the natural extension of China's continental territory and China has inviolable sovereignty over it; it stands to reason that how to divide those parts which involve other countries Should be decided by China and the countries concerned through consultations, the so-called Japan-South Korea ``Agreement on Joint Development of the Continental Shelf" signed by Japanese government with South Korea authorities was done unilaterally, behind China's back and is entirely illegal, null and void.

August 30-September 8

Josip Broz Tito, President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and president of League of Communists of Yugoslavia, visits China.

Communist Party of China renews relations with League of Communists of Yugoslavia and relations between the two countries enters into new stage.