August 1, 2017

A grand military parade was held in the Zhurihe military training base in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Sunday to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of People's Liberation Army (PLA). Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected the troops at this historic occasion. It was the first time that China commemorated Army Day with a military parade since 1949. 

China expects to convey a signal that the Chinese army is powerful with improved combat capacity to protect its people, safeguard its national sovereignty, security and development interests, and is willing to contribute to maintaining world peace. As Xi said, "The world is not all at peace, and peace must be safeguarded."

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