Chinese President Xi Jinping ascended to the reviewing stand at Zhurihe military training base in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday for the Army Day parade.
Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC).
Fan Changlong, CMC vice chairman, announced beginning of the inspection.
The parade is held in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
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