February 20

On Feb. 20, 1997, all walks of life in Tibet Autonomous Region held memorial activities spontaneously for Deng Xiaoping, the great general architect of China’s reform and opening up. Deng Xiaoping deceased because of an illness on Feb. 19, 1997 in Beijing.

On Feb. 20, 1994, Tibet Autonomous Region officially issued and implemented the detailed regulations of People’s Republic of China Infectious Disease Prevention Act.

On Feb. 20, 1986, Lhasa satellite ground station successfully received the program of CCTV, which was transmitted by the communication satellite developed and launched by China on Feb. 1, 1986.