Back in 2018, as the State Grid Zhenjiang Power Supply Company in Jiangsu Province prepared to establish the State Grid Jiangsu Power (Zhenjiang) Historical Museum, a remarkable find emerged during their archival research: a set of 20 resignation letters.
In the heart of Jiaozuo, a city in Henan Province, China, lies a century-old power plant, Jiaozuo Power Plant, which weathered the test of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. This historic landmark, part of the China Energy Investment Corporation Co., Ltd., was established in 1905 by Zhongfu Company, a pioneering Sino-foreign joint venture involved in coal mining in Jiaozuo. It remains one of the oldest operational power plants in China with a rich and uninterrupted history.
Tongjunge Pharmaceutical Factory, in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, is a testament to the enduring human spirit. With over 110 years of history, this long-established Chinese medicine enterprise exemplifies resilience and empathy.
In the Gulou District of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, stands a weathered, reddish-brown marble monument. The seven gilded Chinese characters gleaming under the sun, reads "Memorial to Sacrificed Workers."
The advent of penicillin marked a new era in chemotherapy. China’s experimental production of penicillin began on September 5, 1945, in Gaoyao Village, Kunming, the capital city of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, and home to the Central Office of Epidemic Prevention, the country’s first institution for epidemiological and bacteriological research and biological product manufacturing.
In the mountains of Huangyadong in North China’s Shanxi Province lies the site of the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
A history book compiled by the Dalian Port of Liaoning Port Group Co., Ltd. (Liaoning Port Group) under the China Merchants Group (CMG) captures a powerful moment: a faded old photograph shows smoke and flames engulfing Dalian Port during the tumultuous years of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
The China Merchants Group (CMG) History Museum, nestled atop Weibo Mountain in Shekou, Shenzhen in South China’s Guangdong Province, showcases remnants of rusted ship components salvaged from sunken vessels. These remnants bear witness to the historical impact of the CMG in resisting Japanese aggressors.
