PLA Day

PLA Day
Traditional Chinese中國人民解放軍建軍紀念日
Simplified Chinese中国人民解放军建军纪念日
Literal meaningAnniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó rénmín jiěfàngjūn jiàn jūn jìniàn rì

PLA Day (Chinese: 中国人民解放军建军纪念日), also known as Army Day, is a professional military holiday celebrated annually by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the military of China, on 1 August. It commemorates the founding of the PLA during the 1927 Nanchang Uprising.[1] Six years later, on 30 June 1933, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Central Committee for Military Revolutionary Cases voted to declare 1 August an annual holiday, being solidified later on 11 July by the government of the Chinese Soviet Republic.[1]

  1. ^ a b Wei, Liming (2010). Chinese Festivals: Traditions, Customs and Rituals (Second ed.). Beijing. pp. 76–78. ISBN 9787508516936.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)