THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA is a country with a long history and ancient civilization.As early as 4,000 BC,there were settlements in the range of Yellow River.Chinese always tell their history from the Xia Dynasty,which began in the 21st century BC and was followed by all the ddynasties until 1911 when Sun Yat-sen was proclaimed the president of the Republic of China.In 1921,the Communist Party of China was founded.After this,the communist cooperated with Sun Yat-sen's Nationalists,but broke with the Nationalist after Sun died.Then the Communist Party began to establish its army,called as Red Army.Shortly before the Anti-Japanese War (1936-1945) the Red Army formally established Through protracted and arduous struggle under the leadership of the party and her chairman,Mao Zedong,the Chinese people founded the People's Republic of China in 1949.After 1949,The People's Republic of China (also called as New China locally) experienced the Korea Wall with Americans,and about 10 years rapid growing period,and then suffered a 3-year long hard time because of natural disasters and withdraw of Soviet Union's aid.From 1966-1976 China had its "Cultural Revolution",a nation-wide movement against feudalism (also including religion) and capitalism.As a result,China's economy was stopped.After 1978,when Mr.Deng Xiaoping came into the top leader,China began a reform and opening program,and has enjoyed a 20 years of rapid development.