| Military Parade to Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army 庆祝中国人民解放军建军90周年阅兵 | |
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| Genre | Military parade |
| Date | 30 July 2017 |
| Locations | Zhurihe Training Base,Inner Mongolia, China |
| General Secretary of the CCP | Xi Jinping[a] |
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Themilitary parade to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was amilitary parade atZhurihe Training Base inInner Mongolia, on 1 August 2017 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of founding of thePeople's Liberation Army (PLA) and theNanchang uprising that caused its founding.[1]
The parade was the first one to be held outside ofBeijing since 1981 and the only one to date to only include military equipment and no marchpast. It also was the first organized event to be held on 1 August, which isPLA Day in China.[2]
Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman and Party General SecretaryXi Jinping inspected the troops whileCMC vice chairmanFan Changlong was the parade'smaster of ceremonies and GeneralHan Weiguo of theCentral Theater Command was parade commander. 12,000 troops participated in the parade dressed up in combat garb instead of the usualType 07full dress uniform. According to theMinister of National Defense, this was done to replicate troops in a "dust-covered battlefield atmosphere".[3][4]
A key cause for controversy was that during the parade when theflag of the Chinese Communist Party was paraded ahead of theflag of China.Voice of America pointed out that this violated Article 15 of theLaw on the National Flag.[5] Network commentators in China saw this an inappropriate move.[6]
 Military parades of thePeople's Republic of China | |
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| National Day Parades | |
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