1949 The Inaugural Ceremony of the People' s Republic of China
1950 The War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea
1951 Land Reform
1952 Three-Antis and Five-Antis Movements
1953 China' s Capital of Steel
1954 The Constitution of
1955 Agricultural Collectivization
1956 First Automobile Wdrks
1957 WuhanYangtze River Bridge
1958 Shisanling Reservior
1959 Daqing Oilfield
1960 Conquering Qomolangma $
1961 Crowning of a Table Tennis Superpower
1962 Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble
1963 Learning from Lei Feng
1964 China' s First Atomic Bomb
1965 Synthetic Bovine Insulin
1966 Jiao Yulu
1967 Model Operas
1968 Educated Youth to the Countryside
1969 Barefoot Doctors
1970 Worker-Peasant-Soldier Students
1971 Return to the UN
1972 On the Golden Mountain of Beijing
1973 Father of Hybrid Rice
1974 Terracotta-Warriors
1975 Liujiaxia Hydropower Station
1976 Tangshan Earthquake
1977 College Entrance Examinations Restored
1978 The 3rd Plenum Session of 11th CPC CentralCommittee
1979 Return to Olympics
1980 The Establishment of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
1981 Glory of the Chinese Women' s Volleyball Team
1982 Yiwu Small Commodity Market
1983 Galaxy Series of Giant Computer
1984 "Hello, Xiaoping"
1985 Laser Typesetting System for Chinese Characters
1986 Commencing the 863 Program
1987 TV Series Dream of the Red Chamber
1988 Break Ice in Taiwan Straits
1989 The Hope Project
1990 Beijing Asian Games
1991 Opening of Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Markets
1992 Deng Xiaoping' s Inspection in South china
1993 Food Coupons Abolished
1994 Three Gorges Project
1995 Victory Day for the War Against Japanese Aggression
1996 Establishment of Labor Contract System
1997 Hong Kong' s Return to the Motherland
1998 Battle to Contain Massive Floods
1999 Transition of Sovereignty over Macao
2000 Western Region Development
2001 China' s Accession into the WTO
2002 Hero -- Chinese Blockbuster released
2003 Battls against SARS
2004 The Chinese Women's Tennis Team Won Championshi
2005 Lian Zhan Visited Mainland China
2006 Abolishing Agricultural Taxes
2007 Adjusting Statutory Holidays
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
2009 60th Anniversary of New China
2010 Shanghai World Expo
2011 The High-speed Railway Linking Beijing and Shanghai Opened
2012 18th CPC National Congress
2013 The Shenzhou-10 Took Flight into the Sky
2014 Selective Two-child Policy
2015 September 3 Military Parade
2016 The World's Largest Single-aperture Radio Telescope Begins Operations
2017 Establishment of the Xiong'an New District
2018 Opening of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

作为“国家记忆”系列的其中一本，《国家记忆：共和国难忘瞬间》以大事记的形式，从1949年新中国成立，一直到2018年，这69年里，每年选择一件当年中国发生的大事件，这些大事件中，有政治的，如开国大典、十一届三中全会、反法西斯胜利70周年，也有涉及文化的，如东方歌舞团、中国大片《英雄》上映等，也有经济的，如中国“一汽”、深圳特区成立、义乌小商品市场等。这些大事记串联起来，就是整个新中国繁荣发展的历史脉络。