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China
marks anniversary of atomic bomb
 URUMQI, China, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Scientists, army
veterans and students marked the 40th anniversary
Saturday of the explosion of the China's first atomic
bomb.
China's first atomic bomb was exploded Oct. 16, 1964
in the desert of Xinjiang.
At a base in Malan, northwest China, where the
government conducted nuclear experiments 40 years ago,
Gen. Xu Ruichen, a retired army official of national
defense, said that China's decision to develop atomic
bomb was of great historical significance at the time
when the county was in an adverse international
environment.
At Beijing-based Qinghua University, students were
urged to learn from scientists who devoted themselves
to the country's nuclear programs, reported Xinhua,
China's main government-run news agency.
The Chinese government suspended its nuclear weapons
program July 30, 1996, Xinhua said.
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