A Brief History of Contemporary Guangdong

Author: Huang Xunba, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: In March 1984, the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, following a decision by the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China regarding the compilation of the Contemporary China Series, assigned the Provincial Bureau of Local History and Records to organize the writing of "Contemporary China: Guangdong." The book was published and released in December 1991. With a total of 1.18 million words, it documented and summarized the development of all aspects and industries in Guangdong after the founding of the People's Republic of China, serving as an excellent teaching material for cadres and the public. The book was awarded the First Prize of the Guangdong Provincial Social Sciences Achievement Award in 1994. In 1991, in line with the spirit of the notice issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council, and with the approval of then Provincial Party Secretary Xie Fei, the Provincial Bureau of Local History and Records continued to organize the writing of "A Concise History of Contemporary Guangdong." The manuscript was completed in 2000 and submitted to the Provincial Party Committee for review. In 2001, the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee raised revisions and requested that the lower limit of the timeline be extended to 2000. The Provincial Bureau of Local History and Records revised the entire book accordingly, enriching its content, supplementing information for the additional five years, making the book more complete, comprehensive, and contemporary.