China considers days to remember Nanjing Massacre, Japan’s defeat
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China is considering designating formal days of remembrance to commemorate Japan’s defeat in World War II and the Nanjing Massacre.
September 3 could become “Victory Day of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression,” while December 13 may be a national memorial day to commemorate those killed by Japanese aggressors during the Nanjing Massacre in the 1930s.
Two draft decisions have been submitted for review at the bi-monthly three-day session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee which began in Beijing yesterday.
Li Shishi, director of the committee’s Legislative Affairs Commission, said lawmakers, political advisers and people from all walks of life had repeatedly proposed setting the two dates as national days and institutionalizing national ceremonies of commemoration.
The planned designation of the victory day reflects the will of the Chinese people and reminds us of the need to remember history, cherish peace and create a better future, he said.
The war of resistance against Japanese aggression was the first in modern history in which China won complete victory over foreign aggressors and was an important part of the World Anti-Fascist War, Li said.
China’s victory over Japanese aggression was a crucial point in turning China from weakness to revival and an important foundation to achieve national independence, liberation for the people and the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he added.
The draft decision to set the date was made to better commemorate heroic martyrs in the war and all the people who contributed to victory, as well as to recall the arduous resistance against Japanese militarists’ aggression.
The draft decision was also aimed at expressing China’s stance of safeguarding national sovereignty, territorial solidarity and world peace, while carrying forward the national spirit with its core of patriotism and inspiring the drive to realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation, the official said.
The day must be held as an occasion for remembering the Nanjing Massacre victims and holding public memorial services and other activities at national level.
The Nanjing Massacre began on December 13, 1937, with Japanese troops killing more than 300,000 people over the following six weeks.
The draft decision was made to mourn victims of the massacre and all those killed during Japanese aggression against China, Li said.
The occasion would serve as a reminder of the calamities the war caused for Chinese people and the world, and as an expression of the Chinese people’s stance of combating aggression and safeguarding human dignity and world peace.
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