zhou enlai was born in huai'an, jiangsu, on march 5, 1898. in 1917, he finished school in nankai middle school, and then went to france to learn marxist theory. in 1922, he joined the chinese communist party. after that, he was active in his work and directed the party work in shanghai.

　　he led the famous uprising①----nanchang uprising on august 1st, 1927. then he took part in the long march. from 1937 to 1945, he worked in south china.after the people's republic of china was founded, he was elected premier②of china. he put all his heart into the work and always worked until midnight. he had no time to think about himself, but only the chinese people.

　　premier zhou died on january 8th, 1976. the whole nation was in deep sorrow at his death for he was loved by all the people. our beloved premier zhou will always be alive in our chinese people's hearts. he was a great marxist and communist.