


High-ranking officials of the Politburo Standing Committee and the other departments under the Central Committee, CCP.Chairmen of both the Standing Committees of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.Premier of the State Council of the PRC.As the paramount leader arrives, he is joined by the following on the rostrum on the Tiananmen Gate: the massed military bands of the People's Liberation Army sound the Welcome March, signifying the official commencement of the ceremony. Parade events Opening of the parade Īt 10 a.m. The event's master of ceremonies has either been the Party Committee Secretary of Beijing or a high-ranking member of the Central Committee, CCP. Until 1959, during the years that the parade was held in a nationalized form of the Soviet tradition, the parade was inspected by the Minister of National Defense, a high-ranking billet occupied by either a General or (before 1984) a Marshal (before 1954 the Commander in Chief of the PLA). The parade commander is a general officer of the PLA with the rank of Lieutenant General or Major General, with the position of commander of the Central Theater Command or as a high-ranking member of the CMC's present 15 departments. He has also inspected the parade in person. The parade is presided by the paramount leader in his political duty as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and constitutional mandate as the supreme commander of the PLA and chairman of the Central Military Commission, since 1984. Since the parade of 1950, parades have been held on the city's Tiananmen Square to mark the anniversary of the official foundation of the PRC and today these have been held every 10th year (a format which began in 1999 to mark the golden jubilee anniversary of nationhood), formerly there were yearly parades held until 1959 when the CCP decided that the holiday would be celebrated "with frugality". Overview Marshal Lin Biao surveying the soldiers during the 10th anniversary military parade in 1959. The most recent National Day parade took place on October 1, 2019, on the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

It has been held every decade since 1959, annually from 1950 to 1959, and has been broadcast live on China Central Television since 1984. It is organized by the People's Liberation Army, the People's Armed Police and the Militia, as well as civilian groups of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The National Day Parade ( Chinese: 国庆阅兵), officially the National Day of the People's Republic of China Parade ( Chinese: 中华人民共和国国庆阅兵), is a civil- military parade event held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, on the National Day of the People's Republic of China on 1 October. National leaders, international organization leaders, PLA, PAP, Militia, and other formationsĪn HQ-9 at the China's 60th anniversary parade.
