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A giant portrait of Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) is paraded during the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Chang'an Street in central Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2009. (Xinhua/Guo Dayue)
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BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China paid tribute to its
revolutionary heroes and leaders, as the portrait of Mao Zedong, founder of the
People's Republic of China (PRC), passed the Tian'anmen Rostrum at a mass
pageant celebrating the 60th founding anniversary of New China in Beijing
Thursday morning.
The first
session of the civilian parade marking the 60th anniversary of the PRC's
founding, consisting of more than 12,000 participants in three phalanxes, was a
panoramic presentation of New China's founding and development under the
leadership of the first generation of central leadership.
Veterans of the People's Liberation Army stood on the
leading float adorned with huge military medals, saluting the nation they once
fought for.
The music Dongfanghong, or East is Red, was played
during the session to pay tribute to the first generation of the central
leadership, with Mao, the "Red Sun", at the core.
In the parade were huge models of China's first
homemade automobile in 1956 and the "Dongfanghong-I", its first man-made
satellite, launched in 1970, making China the fifth country in the world with
such a capability.
Sixty years after the country's birth, China is among
the world's top auto producers and the world's third country to put a man in
space with its own rocket.
In the parade, a total of 1,020 farmers from Yan'an
City of the northwestern Shaanxi Province, with white towels wrapped around
their foreheads, performed Ansai waist-drum dance in high spirits. They marched
forward to the music "No New China without Communist Party."
Ansai is a county subordinate to Yan'an, which served
as the CPC-led revolutionary base during the 1930s-40s, before the party took
power in 1949.
China's early leaders, especially Mao, are well
remembered in the country. Mao's portraits can be seen on the Tian'anmen Rostrum
and on the country's currency, the Renminbi notes.
Quick View: "CPC legacy handed down
from one generation to another"
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday sent to the
world a clear signal of keeping to the socialist road as four huge portraits of
the Communist Party of China (CPC) leaders in four generations marched past
Beijing's Tian'anmen Square at the grand National Day parade, said Prof. Cai Xia
with Party School of the Central Committee of CPC Thursday.
The portraits of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin
and Hu Jintao, mounted on flower-bedecked floats and under the escorts of
thousands of paraders, spearheaded four formations showcasing New China's
development over the past 60 years. Full story
New China's road from farming nation to leading
automaker
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- As the U.S. auto industry, an
emblem of the American spirit, narrowly escaped a sudden collapse, China's auto
makers have emerged as a symbol for the nation's industrial advance at New
China's 60th founding anniversary parade.
Placing at the center of a float representing the
country's industrial development, the car reminds people of the bumpy road of
China's industrialization. Full story
China's National Day paraders salute reform and opening-up
drive
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Paraders in a grand
celebration marking the 60th founding anniversary of New China on Thursday
saluted late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping for the ongoing reform and opening-up
drive he launched in 1978.
Thousands of paraders in a formation under the theme of
"Story in Spring" carried a huge portrait of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping,
chief architect of the reform and opening-up drive, while the "Story in Spring"
song dedicated to Deng's contributions was played. Full story
Civilian parade begins on Tian'anmen Square
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Civilian paraders marched
through Tian'anmen Square Thursday morning as another centerpiece of the
National Day fete to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of
China.
Leading the mass pageant was the formations presenting the
national flag and national emblem. Full story
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Report: 60th Anniversary of Founding of PRC
