Feb 12,1982: The "Work Minutes made by the National United Front"

Feb 12, 1942: Zhao Shangzhi dies a martyr's death

On Feb 12, 1942, Zhao Shangzhi, general of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, was arrested by the Japanese army and died a hero's death. Zhao was the third Army commander and commander-in-chief of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army. On Feb 12, 1942, he was seriously wounded in the fighting and captured. He chose to die rather than surrender.

Feb 12, 1982: The CPC Central Committee approves the "Work Minutes made by the National United Front"

On Feb 12, 1982, the CPC Central Committee approved and issued a notice on the "Work Minutes made by the National United Front". The notice stated that during the historic period of building a modern, powerful socialist country, the united front remained a great weapon of the Party. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, based on the fundamental changes in China's social class status, Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "Our united front is more extended than in any past period as the broadest patriotic united front with a promising future." In June 1981, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee adopted resolutions on a number of historical issues of the Party since the founding of new China, and officially named the movement" the Patriotic United Front" in the new period. In the new century, the Patriotic United Front further developed into a broad coalition of all socialist workers, builders of the socialist cause, and patriots who supported socialism and the reunification of the motherland.