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During the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceflight mission, Chinese taikonaut Wang Yaping has set many records: China's first female taikonaut to live in the Chinese space station, China's first female taikonaut to perform extravehicular activity, and China's female taikonaut with the longest duration in orbit.
Although tens of thousands of veterans have had their uniforms off, they never forget their pledge made to "serve the people" and the "muscle memory" of charging forward. They have been making contributions to the places where the Party and the people need them most.
Since joining the PLA 16 years ago, Weng Chunfang, a battalion commander in a brigade of the Strategic Support Force, has been staying on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to guard the communication lines for national defense.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Sha Ziga's battalion has undertaken a more diverse range of tasks. "We must obtain the capability of carrying out construction of different types of national defense projects in different regions in order to adapt to new situations and challenges," said Sha.
The commemoration of and praise for the martyrs highlights the lofty character of martyrs and also reflects the spirit of a nation and its people. Today is the 9th National Martyr’s Day of China, a day that martyrs are to be cherished.
In May 2022, the minimum temperature in Amdo County, Xizang Autonomous Region, was still subzero, when a coach was running in darkness, with cold wind squeezing in through window gaps and the oxygen content outside less than 50% of that in plain area.
The People's Liberation Army has been undergoing a historic reform guided by President Xi Jinping since late 2012, when Xi became the top leader of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese military.
September 21 marks the 30th anniversary of China's manned space program. The country will soon complete the in-orbit construction of its first-ever space station – the China Space Station, China Manned Space Agency (CMS) said in a post on Tuesday.
The crew arrived aboard Tiangong on the evening of June 5. Next month, the astronauts will prepare for the Mengtian space lab, which is scheduled to be launched in late October, to become part of the Tiangong station, mission planners said.
Sirens wailed at 9:18 a.m. at the September 18 Incident History Museum in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province on Sunday as China marked the 91st anniversary of the September 18 Incident with commemorative activities across the country.
The remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53) returned from South Korea to Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, on Friday, the latest handover in a nine-year mission for establishing a spirit of friendship and practical bilateral cooperation.
Meng Zhaoqi, aged 92, had ever participated in the War of Liberation before the founding of the People's Republic of China and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. At noon on September 12, while Meng Zhaoqi was still conscious, his son Meng Xianyong, on his behalf, signed a body (cornea) donation agreement.
The PLA naval aviation force's transformation from a shore-based force to a ship-based force has been basically completed, with the force playing a more-and-more important role in safeguarding the sovereignty, security and development interests of China both in the air and on the sea.
The photo of Zhang holding the baby moved many people. Zhang was lovingly referred to as "brother Wenchuan" for the characters of "Wenchuan" on his armband, which indicates that he is from the Wenchuan squadron of the Aba forest fire brigade.
The Vostok (East)-2022 strategic exercise is still in progress in Russia.This is the fourth time that the PLA has sent troops to participate in Russia's annual strategic exercise, and many highlights were noted.
A photo shows the Eighth Route Army fighting on the Great Wall during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
"The Chinese service members, who spare no efforts to help the local people in need of help, have brought the Lei Feng Spirit to the world," acclaimed an officer in charge of civil-military coordination at the MINUSMA while visiting the Lei Feng Memorial Hall in Gao, Mali.
2022 marks the fifth year of the launch of the PLA Support Base Hospital in Djibouti. The hospital has carried out various academic exchanges and technical cooperation with Djibouti military medical institutions and military medical units of other countries in Djibouti.
Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up military photographers have innovated. A large number of classic works stand out, including Wu Zhiyi's Battlefield Flowers and Li Qianguang's Good Eighth Company on Nanjing Road. Armed with ideals and beliefs, they have set up a benchmark for contemporary military photography.
China's top defense engineering expert Qian Qihu has been awarded this year the August 1 Medal – the highest military honor in the country – for his outstanding contributions to national defense infrastructure.
The Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University announced recently that a heroic soldier— Du Fuguo — who was injured during land mine clearing operations, had been discharged from the hospital after completing three years of therapy in Chongqing.
Xu Zhihui, a food vlogger, went viral on China's social media recently not for one of his cooking shows, but for a journey that has touched millions of Chinese-returning a martyr's photo to his family.
Young people from Taiwan who are working on the Chinese mainland said they have increased their confidence in pursuing their careers on the mainland after receiving a letter of reply from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
Various forms of evidence including trial recordings, documents and archives reveal bacterial development, human experiments and germ warfare committed by Unit 731, a Japanese biological and chemical warfare unit during World War II.
The year 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. At 0:00 on July 1, 1997, the troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison entered Hong Kong and took over the defense duty of Hong Kong from the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong.
The Chinese Embassy in Tanzania received a letter of thanks and a pennant from two local Chinese on June 23, who expressed their gratitude to three Chinese military experts for their emergency rescue.
Wang, having been in space twice and also the first female on China's space station, delivered an address at Peking University's graduation ceremony and shared her space mission experience with the youth.
The three crew members of the Shenzhou XIII mission have been awarded with medals to honor their service and accomplishments.
The first group wedding was held for Hu Dongdao and his wife as well as the other six veteran couples on May 20 at a local tourist attraction in the county seat. Among the seven veterans, the youngest is nearly sixty years old and the oldest is eighty.
A bullet train, D2809 from Guiyang North to Guangzhou South, was hit by mud and rockslide, being about to go through the Yuezhai Tunnel, and derailed at about 10:30 a.m. on June 4.
The seeds of hope have borne fruitful results. According to statistics, over the past 21 years, more than 300 graduates of the Navy Hope Primary School in Yinfeng Village have later been admitted from senior high schools in Shiqian County to universities and colleges.
Tibetan fireman Mane Kyab would never forget the scene when he participated in quake relief, after a devastating tremor hit Yushu Tibet autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's Qinghai province 12 years ago.
Located on the borders of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces, the Dabie Mountains Revolutionary Base was one of the most important in the history of the Communist Party of China. Despite multiple setbacks and numerous sacrifices, soldiers from the area continued to keep the Party's revolutionary cause going.
Wu Jiying, a Nanjing Massacre survivor, passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 98.Her death reduced the total number of registered survivors to 56, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
The Qiongya Revolutionary Base was located in the hills of Hainan Island. Despite multiple enemy assaults, its leaders and soldiers managed to keep fighting, and the base lasted for more than two decades.
It has been a year since China's Tianwen-1 probe landed Mars. The mission has not only marked an important step in the country's interplanetary exploration but has also made a number of achievements in that time
Between 1965 and 1973, the U.S. dropped 230,516 bombs in Cambodia. In April alone, at least five U.S. Mk 82 bombs, weighing about 500 pounds each, were found across the country.
May 4 marks the Youth Day of China. President Xi Jinping once said: "Young people are the future of our nation and the world." From his years as a grassroots official to the country's top leader, Xi has always kept a part of his heart devoted to young people. Here are several stories of Xi demonstrating his devotion and belief in the younger generations.
Today, the fresh vegetables can be seen in the dishes of the company every day, and the days when it was difficult to have fresh vegetables in winter are gone forever.
A set of data can directly show China's active role in peacekeeping operations: since 1992, China has participated in 25 UNPKOs and has dispatched nearly 50,000 peacekeepers in total to more than 20 countries and regions around the world.