China ratifies national commemoration days Chinas top legislature on Thursday approved two new national memorial days, one to mark victory in the anti-Japanese war and the other to commemorate Nanjing Massacre victims and all those killed during Japanese aggression against China. September 3 was ratified as Victory Day of the Chinese Peoples War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and December 13 the National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims, according to two decisions passed by the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress (NPC), whose bi-monthly session ended on Thursday. The country will hold national memorial activities on September 3 and December 13 every year, according to the decisions. Setting the two days through legislative procedures reflected the common will of the Chinese people, said Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:25:00 +0000
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