May 16, 1966: An enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee is held from May 4 to May 26 in Beijing, after which leaders said the "cultural revolution mobilized extraordinarily rapidly"

May 16, 1989: Deng Xiaoping meets with Mikhail Gorbachev to mark normalized relations between China and Soviet Union

May 16, 1991: The State Council issues a "Notice of Further Enhancing the Vitality of State-owned Large and Medium Enterprises"

May 16, 1992: The Central Politburo approves proposals for the CPC Central Committee to accelerate the country's reform and opening-up, and to strive for faster economic growth