Chinese leaders laid floral baskets to the Monument to the People's
Heroes in Tian'anmen Square in Beijing Saturday morning, as part of
activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the Chinese people's
victory in
the war
against Japanese aggression and the victory of the World
Anti-fascist War.
Chinese leaders Hu
Jintao, Wu
Bangguo, Wen
Jiabao, Jia
Qinglin, Zeng
Qinghong, Huang Ju,
Wu
Guanzheng, Li
Changchun and Luo Gan
and nearly 10,000 people from all walks of life gathered in the
square attending the flower-laying ceremony.
At 9:00 AM, Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Liu Qi
declared the start of the ceremony. After the firing of salute
cannons, 18 soldiers lifted nine floral baskets and carried them to
the monument.
These floral baskets were presented by various parties,
including the CPC Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the
National People's Congress, the State Council, the National
Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference, the Central Military Commission, war veterans and
people from all walks of life in Beijing.
(Xinhua News Agency September 3, 2005)
