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History
The Great Hall of the People was opened in September 1959 as one of the "Ten Great Constructions" completed for the 10th Anniversary of the PRC. After many design proposals were submitted a group of architects from across the country chose the design by Zhao Dongri and Shen Qi with Zhang Bo being appointed the chief architect. The construction took 7,785 workers and was fashioned with military-like strategies that emulated the Great Leap Forward.