April 17—29, 1959: The First Session of the Third National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held in Beijing

April 17, 1987: The CPC Central Committee approves the "Report of Several Important Ethnic Work Issues"

April 17—23, 1999: Jiang Zemin goes to Sichuan to do research on reform and development of State-owned enterprises

April 17, 2003: The Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau holds a meeting to listen to the relevant departments' work report on SARS prevention and control

April 17, 2005: The State Council issues an overall national public emergency contingency plan

April 17—18, 2006: The Sixth National Environmental Conference is held