Milestones

Milestones: 1982

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-30 05:12

-- By January, over 90 percent of rural production brigades have introduced multiple forms of responsibility systems.

-- China launches a submarine-based carrier rocket in October.

-- In August, China and the United States issue joint communique on gradually reducing and finally resolving the issue of US arms sales to Taiwan.

-- British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pays an official visit to China during which leaders of the two countries hold in-depth discussions on the question of Hong Kong.

-- The new State Constitution is adopted.