On May 4th, 2009, the the State Council executive meeting discussed and approved in principle "Several Opinions on Supporting Fujian Province to Accelerate the Construction of the Economic Zone on the West Side of the Taiwan Strait".
On May 4th, 2009, a conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the May 4th Movement was held in the Great Hall of the People.
On May 5, 2009, the executive meeting of the State Council emphasized that the prevention and control of influenza A (H 1N 1) is in a critical period. The epidemic situation abroad has developed to more than 20 countries and regions, and China still faces the risk of introduction, so we must maintain high vigilance and never take it lightly. All localities and departments should continue to do a good job in prevention and control in accordance with the deployment of the central authorities.
On May 12, 2009, the first anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan was held in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County, the epicenter.
International Department
On February 7, 2009, a large-scale bloody conflict broke out in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. The presidential guard fired at demonstrators trying to enter the presidential palace, killing more than 300 people.
On February 7, 2009, the worst mountain fire disaster occurred in Victoria, Australia. As of February 22, the fire has killed more than 200 people, destroyed nearly 2,000 houses and caused direct economic losses of 2 billion Australian dollars.
On February 10, 2009, the abandoned Russian military communication satellite Cosmos 225 1 collided with Iridium 33 of Iridium Satellite Company of the United States over Siberia. This is the first complete collision of satellites in orbit in space.
On February 13, 2009, the US Senate and House of Representatives voted successively and finally approved the economic stimulus plan with a total amount of 787 billion US dollars.
On February 16, 2009, the French Ministry of Defence and the British military confirmed that the British nuclear submarine Vanguard and the French nuclear submarine Triumph collided in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month. Because the two sides collided at low speed, there was no nuclear leakage and no casualties.
From February 28th to March 28th, 2009, the 4th ASEAN Summit was held in Hua Hin, a coastal city in Thailand. This is the first gathering of ASEAN leaders since the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter.
On March 2, 2009, President Joao of Guinea-Bissau. Bernardo. Vieira was killed in an attack in Bissau.
On March 5, 2009, President Brockman of the United Nations General Assembly said that the action of the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant to Sudanese President Bashir was out of political considerations and did not help the Sudanese peace process at all. On March 4, the International Criminal Court announced that it had formally issued an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir on the grounds of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, Sudan.
On March 6, 2009, Morocco announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Iran to protest its "inappropriate remarks" against the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
From March 5th to14th, 2009, "Peace -09" multinational maritime joint military exercise was held in Karachi, Pakistan. The navies of China, the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Japan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Turkey *** 12 countries participated. The exercise includes two parts: the port and shore special forces exercise and the actual military exercise at sea.
On March 2009 1 1, a vicious school shooting occurred in a middle school near Stuttgart, Germany, killing 16 people, including the murderer.
On March 14, 2009, the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors closed in Britain and issued a joint communique, agreeing to take all necessary measures to restore global economic growth.
On March 15, 2009, the American space shuttle Discovery was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the first time that the United States has launched a space shuttle this year.
On March 17, 2009, the French National Assembly passed the decision of France to return to NATO's military integration organization, ending the state that the country has only maintained its political membership and "semi-detached" from NATO since June 1966.
On March 23, 2009, the US Treasury Department announced that it would use government and private sector funds to purchase "toxic assets" of financial institutions to promote the recovery of credit flow. The specific measure is to set up "public * * *-private investment projects". The government will invest $75 billion to $654.38+000 billion to buy $500 billion of "toxic assets" together with private investment. In the future, the purchase of "toxic assets" may be expanded to 1 trillion dollars.
On March 30th, 2009, the 2nd1Summit of the League of Arab States (LAS) was held in Doha, Qatar.
On April 1 2009, Albania and Croatia formally joined NATO, bringing the total number of NATO members to 28.
On April 2, 2009, the G20 London Financial Summit was held in Britain.
On April 3-4, 2009, NATO summit was held in Germany and France.
On April 5, 2009, North Korea announced the successful launch of the "Light Star 2" experimental communication satellite.
On April 6, 2009, an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred in central Italy.
On April 1 1, 2009, due to the siege of the venue by supporters of the Anti-Dictatorship Democratic Alliance of Thailand, the series of ASEAN summits scheduled to be held in Pataia, Thailand were cancelled. 13 in may, the Thai government announced that the series of ASEAN summits would be postponed until the end of June 10.
On April 13, 2009, US President Barack Obama announced that he would lift the restrictions on American citizens visiting relatives in Cuba and sending money to their relatives in Cuba, and support American enterprises to enter the Cuban telecommunications network and satellite broadcasting service market, which marked an important change in the US government's policy toward Cuba.
From April 17 to April 19, 2009, the Fifth Summit of the Americas was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. US President Barack Obama said that the United States will open new relations with Latin American countries, and the speeches of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Nicaraguan President Ortega and Bolivian President Evo Morales are also intended to improve relations with the United States. On April 18, Chavez also announced the resumption of sending ambassadors to the United States.
From April 17 to April 19, 2009, the annual meeting of Boao Forum for Asia was held in Boao, Hainan.
On April 25, 2009, the World Health Organization announced that the epidemic of influenza A (formerly known as human swine flu) originating from North America has constituted a "public health emergency with international influence".
On April 30, 2009, British troops stationed in Iraq officially ended their combat mission in Basra, a city in southern Iraq. Since then, Britain's six-year military operation in Iraq has come to an end.
On May 6, 2009, US President Barack Obama said in Washington that defeating Al Qaeda and Taliban forces is the common goal of the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the three countries need to strengthen cooperation to deal with the threat of terrorist organizations and extremists.
On May 1 1, 2009, the second Sino-British economic and financial dialogue was held in London, England.