April 14, 1927: The Executive Committee of the Communist International issues a "message to the proletariat, the peasants and the oppressed peoples all over the world on Chiang Kai-shek's counter-revolutionary coup"

April 14—15, 2006: The Cross-straits Economic and Trade Forum is held in Beijing

April 14, 2009: The State Council issues "suggestions on promoting Shanghai and how to develop within it a modern service industry, advanced manufacturing, an international financial center and an international shipping center"

April 14, 2010: An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 occurs in Yushu in Qinghai province