In 1952, China successfully developed its first steam locomotive.
In 1954, China successfully copied its first batch of aircraft and aircraft engines.
In 1955, China successfully manufactured its first tractor.
In 1956, China's first automobile, the Jiefang brand truck, began mass production.
In 1956, China's first jet fighter, the Jian-5, was successfully copied.
In 1956, China's first transport aircraft, the Yun-5, was successfully copied.
In 1957, China's first bridge over the Yangtze River, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, was completed.
In 1958, China's first helicopter, the Zhi-5, was successfully copied.
In 1958, China's first small electronic tube general-purpose computer, the 103 machine, was successfully developed.
In 1958, China's first military electronic tube computer, the 331 machine, was successfully developed.
In 1958, China's first semiconductor radio was successfully developed.
In 1958, China's first black-and-white television was successfully developed, and in the same year, the predecessor of China Central Television, Beijing Television, was established.
In 1958, China's first AC mainline electric locomotive was successfully developed.
In 1959, China's first large electronic computer, the 104 machine, was successfully copied.
In 1959, China's first tank, the Type 59 tank, was successfully copied.
In 1959, China's first self-designed aircraft, the Jianjiao-1, was successfully developed.
In 1960, China's first sounding rocket was successfully developed.
In 1960, China's first short-range surface-to-surface missile was successfully copied.
In 1961, China's first 12,000-ton hydraulic press was successfully developed.
In 1966, China's first 2,200-horsepower diesel engine was successfully developed.
In 1966, China's first self-designed Hongqi sedan was successfully manufactured.
In 1966, China's first self-designed ocean scientific research vessel was successfully manufactured.
In 1966, China's first 3.2 mm band solar radio telescope was successfully developed.
In 1966, China's first surface-to-air missile, the Hongqi-2 missile, was successfully copied.
In 1966, China's first bomber, the Hong-5, was successfully copied.
In 1966, China's first self-designed 10,000-ton ocean-going cargo ship, "Dongfeng," was successfully manufactured.
In 1966, China's first self-developed medium-range surface-to-surface missile was successfully launched.
In 1967, China's first new type transistor large general-purpose electronic computer was successfully developed.
In 1967, China's first radio telescope was successfully developed.
In 1967, China's first self-developed 100-ton mine railway dump car was successfully manufactured.
In 1967, China's first hydrogen bomb was successfully detonated.
In 1967, China's first automatic stereoscopic camera was successfully developed.
In 1967, China began construction of the National Missile Defense System, Project 640.
In 1968, China's self-designed Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was completed and opened to traffic.
In 1968, China's first self-designed deep well oil drilling rig was successfully manufactured.
In 1968, China's first copied medium bomber, the Hong-6, was successfully manufactured.
In 1969, China's first copied attack aircraft, the Qiang-5, was successfully manufactured.
In 1969, China conducted its first underground nuclear explosion.
In 1969, China's first self-designed tank, the Type 69 tank, was successfully developed.
In 1969, China's first electronic Chinese telegraph fast receiver was successfully manufactured.
In 1969, a new antibacterial drug, gentamicin, was successfully developed.
In 1969, China's first self-designed 12.5 kW double water internal cooling turbogenerator was successfully manufactured.
In 1969, China's first 5,000-horsepower diesel locomotive was successfully developed.
In 1969, China's first self-designed 10,000-ton oil tanker was successfully manufactured.
In 1969, China's self-designed 32-ton dump truck was successfully manufactured.
In 1969, China's self-designed large coal gasification slag furnace was successfully manufactured.
In 1969, China's first self-designed subway was completed.
In 1970, China's first self-developed artificial Earth satellite was successfully launched.
In 1970, China's first self-designed "one-step" dye transfer machine was successfully manufactured.
In 1970, China's first self-designed 400,000x large electron microscope was successfully manufactured.
In 1971, China's first scientific experimental artificial Earth satellite was manufactured and successfully launched.
In 1971, China's first self-designed missile destroyer was successfully manufactured.
In 1971, China's first self-designed 20,000-ton cargo ship, "Changfeng," was successfully manufactured.
In 1972, China's self-designed disk drive with a capacity of 7.4 megabytes was successfully manufactured.
In 1972, China's first self-designed modular machine tool was successfully manufactured.
In 1972, China developed its first new type chlorine bomb.
In 1972, China's self-developed jack-up offshore oil drilling platform, Bohai-1, was successfully manufactured.
In 1973, China's first million-times integrated circuit computer was successfully developed.
In 1973, China's first anti-ship missile, the YJ-1, was successfully copied.
In 1974, China's first selenium electrostatic copier was successfully developed.
In 1974, China's first self-developed nuclear submarine was successfully manufactured.
In 1974, China's first DJS-130 small electronic computer was successfully developed.
In 1974, China's first self-designed 25,000-ton oil tanker was successfully manufactured.
In 1974, China's first self-designed 25,000-ton floating dock, "Huangshan," was completed.
In 1974, China's first self-designed 500-ton crane ship was successfully manufactured.
In 1974, China's first self-designed 4,000-horsepower AC/DC electric transmission diesel locomotive was successfully manufactured.
In 1974, China's self-developed retinal laser coagulator was successfully manufactured.
In 1974, China's first advanced desktop electronic computer was successfully manufactured.
In 1974, China's first 300,000 kW hydro turbine generator was successfully developed.
In 1974, China's first large vertical shaft drilling machine was successfully developed.
In 1975, China's first recoverable remote sensing satellite was successfully developed.
In 1975, China's first self-designed electrified railway, the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, was completed.
In 1975, China's first technical test satellite was successfully developed.
In 1976, China's first large general-purpose integrated circuit computer was successfully manufactured.
In 1976, China's first self-designed submarine cable laying ship, "Post and Telecommunications 1," was successfully manufactured.
In 1976, China's first copied seaplane bomber, the Shuihong-5, was successfully manufactured.
In 1976, China's first self-developed anti-ship missile, the Haiying-1, was successfully manufactured.
In 1976, China's first self-developed 300,000 kW double water internal cooling turbogenerator was successfully manufactured.