In the 1950s, the newly founded People's Republic of China lived for years under the shadow of nuclear threats and was repeatedly subjected to nuclear blackmail by Western nations.
In 1955, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held an enlarged meeting and decided to establish a comprehensive atomic energy industry. Scientists and engineers from across the country rushed to the Second Ministry of Machine Building to devote themselves to the research and construction effort behind China's first atomic bomb. Chen Weimin, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, led his research team through countless technical challenges, giving their youth to the cause without fear of hardship.
At 3:00 p.m. on October 16, 1964, China's first atomic bomb exploded successfully at Lop Nur in Xinjiang. Yet most of the scientists involved never even left behind their real names.
Accomplish deeds that shake the world, and remain nameless.
Protect national sovereignty and defend the dignity of the nation.
Glorious Years looks back on the major achievements of China's nuclear industry throughout history and celebrates the spirit of unity and progress of the era.
