May 31, 1936: The National All Salvation Association is established in Shanghai

May 31, 1940: Chen Jiageng leads the Nanyang Overseas Chinese Visitation to Yan'an to comfort the military and civilians in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region

May 31, 1966: With the approval of Mao Zedong, Chen Boda leads a working group to seize power from People's Daily to control the daily newspaper layout

May 31, 1989: Deng Xiaoping points out that the policy of reform and opening-up should be unchanged for decades

May 31, 2002: Jiang Zemin emphasizes that "The Thought of Three Represents" is the foundation for building the Party, the cornerstone of Party governance and the source of Party strength

May 31, 2007: The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council establish the State Corruption Prevention Department