China will stage a massive military parade on September 3 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War and 26 heads of state or government will attend on the invitation of President Xi Jinping.
This was announced by Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei on August 28.
China’s official listing foregrounds Russian President Vladimir Putin and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) top leader Kim Jong Un. With Kim also being joined by the Presidents of Vietnam, Laos and Cuba, this represents an unprecedented gathering of the heads of state of all five presently existing socialist countries.
The presidents of all five of China’s Central Asian neighbours – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – will also attend, as will the leaders of Belarus, Armenia and Azerbaijan, meaning that nine of the 15 former republics of the USSR, who collectively waged the Great Patriotic War against Nazism, will be represented at top level. Other national leaders from countries with a long and significant history of friendship with China, include those from Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Zimbabwe, the Republic of Congo, Iran, Serbia and Slovakia, the last mentioned being the only member of the European Union and NATO to be represented at top level.
Besides those mentioned above, China’s southeast Asian neigbours will also be represented by Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar (meaning that six of the ten members of the Association of South East Asian Nations, ASEAN, will be represented at top level), while Pakistan and the Maldives join Nepal in representing China’s South Asian neighbours.
In addition, at the invitation of the Chinese government, heads of parliaments, deputy prime ministers and high-level representatives from various countries, heads of international organisations, and former political dignitaries will also attend the V-Day commemorations.
Announcing the participation of Kim Jong Un, Hong Lei said that China and the DPRK are traditional friendly neighbours. He noted that during the arduous years of war, the Chinese and DPRK people supported each other and fought side by side against Japanese aggression, making important contributions to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and humanity’s just cause. He further said that safeguarding, consolidating and developing China-DPRK relations is the firm stance of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government, adding that China stands ready to continue working with the DPRK to enhance exchanges and cooperation, and advance socialist development.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also announced Kim’s China visit.
Hong also said that President Putin’s attendance at the commemoration events further highlights the high level of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era and underscores their unity in safeguarding the victorious outcome of World War II. He stressed that China and the Soviet Union, as the main battlefields of World War II in Asia and Europe, respectively, served as pillars in the fight against militarism and fascism 80 years ago and made immense national sacrifices.
“Our peoples fought shoulder to shoulder and supported each other, rescuing their nations from peril, saving the future of mankind, and making a decisive contribution to the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War.”
He added that in May, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Russia and attended celebrations in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union.
“Together they [Presidents Xi and Putin] sent a strong message that the historical truth of World War II cannot be distorted, the victorious outcome cannot be denied, and the post-war international order cannot be challenged.”
The two countries, he added, will strengthen coordination under multilateral frameworks, including the UN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and BRICS, practice true multilateralism, and work together to build a brighter future for humanity.
At time of writing, Kim and Putin are the only two leaders whose visits have been the subject of individual articles carried by the Xinhua News Agency.
Immediately prior to the September 3 events, the Summit Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be held in the Tianjin municipality, near to Beijing, on August 31-September 1, along with the SCO+ gathering. The SCO currently comprises 10 member states, 2 observer states and 14 dialogue partners, and with some 20 state leaders scheduled to attend, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, these meetings will be the largest in the group’s history.
Also on August 28, Hu Zhaoming, Spokesperson for the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (IDCPC), announced that China’s top legislator Zhao Leji will lead a party and government delegation to visit Vietnam from August 31 to September 2.
Zhao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), will attend events marking the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of Vietnam, and co-chair the first session of the joint committee between the two countries’ legislative bodies.
And Zhang Xiaogang, Spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defence, announced same day that the Guard of Honour of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will participate in events marking the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day in Vietnam. This marks the second time for the Chinese military to participate in such ceremonies in Vietnam, the first occasion being earlier this year, when a PLA contingent joined those from Laos and Cambodia to march in Ho Chi Minh City in celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the south and national reunification.
The following articles were originally published by the Xinhua News Agency.
26 foreign leaders to attend China’s V-Day commemorations on Sept. 3
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, 26 foreign leaders will attend China’s V-Day commemorations in Beijing, Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei announced on Thursday.
China will stage a massive military parade on Sept. 3 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Foreign leaders invited to attend the commemorations include Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president, and Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar.
At the invitation of the Chinese government, heads of parliaments, deputy prime ministers and high-level representatives from various countries, heads of international organizations, and former political dignitaries will attend the V-Day commemorations.
Kim Jong Un to attend China’s V-Day commemorations on Sept. 3
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), will attend China’s V-Day commemorations, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei announced on Thursday.
China will hold a grand gathering, including a military parade, in central Beijing on Sept. 3. to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
“We warmly welcome General Secretary Kim Jong Un to China to attend the commemorations,” Hong said at a press conference.
China and the DPRK are traditional friendly neighbors, Hong said, noting that during the arduous years of war, the Chinese and DPRK people supported each other and fought side by side against Japanese aggression, making important contributions to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and humanity’s just cause.
He said that safeguarding, consolidating and developing China-DPRK relations is the firm stance of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government, adding that China stands ready to continue working with the DPRK to enhance exchanges and cooperation, and advance socialist development.
China is also willing to closely coordinate with the DPRK in promoting regional peace and stability, and safeguarding international fairness and justice to write a new chapter in the traditional friendship between the two countries, Hong said.
Putin to attend China’s V-Day commemorations on Sept. 3
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend China’s V-Day commemorations on Sept. 3 in Beijing, Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei announced on Thursday.
Putin’s attendance at the commemoration events further highlights the high level of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era and underscores their unity in safeguarding the victorious outcome of World War II, Hong said at a press conference.
As part of the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, China will stage a massive military parade on Sept. 3 in Tian’anmen Square at the heart of Beijing.
Hong stressed that China and the Soviet Union, as the main battlefields of World War II in Asia and Europe, respectively, served as pillars in the fight against militarism and fascism 80 years ago and made immense national sacrifices.
“Our peoples fought shoulder to shoulder and supported each other, rescuing their nations from peril, saving the future of mankind, and making a decisive contribution to the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War,” he said.
Hong recalled that in May, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Russia and attended celebrations in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, where he and Putin reached a series of important consensuses.
“Together they sent a strong message that the historical truth of World War II cannot be distorted, the victorious outcome cannot be denied, and the post-war international order cannot be challenged,” he said.
This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN). Hong said that, faced with a world of change and disorder, China and Russia, as founding members of the UN and permanent members of the UN Security Council, will continue to uphold the UN authority and defend international fairness and justice.
The two countries, he added, will strengthen coordination under multilateral frameworks, including the UN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS, practice true multilateralism, and work together to build a brighter future for humanity.
China’s top legislator to visit Vietnam, attend major commemorative events
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — China’s top legislator Zhao Leji will lead a party and government delegation to visit Vietnam from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, said Hu Zhaoming, spokesperson for the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday.
Zhao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, will attend events marking the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of Vietnam, and co-chair the first session of the joint committee between the legislative bodies, Hu said.
Zhao will make the visit at the invitation of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, said Hu.
PLA guard of honor to participate in Vietnam’s National Day celebration
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — At the invitation of Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense, the Guard of Honor of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will participate in events marking the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day in Vietnam, a Chinese military spokesperson said Thursday.
Scheduled from late August to early September, the mission aims to further expand China-Vietnam military and cultural exchanges and deepen the traditional friendship between the two countries and their militaries, said Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense.
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