President Hu Jintao Thursday inspected the country's defense forces in Beijing in celebration of the 60th founding anniversary of New China.
The car Chinese President Hu Jintao rode in while he inspected the troops at the 60th National Day in Beijing was made in northeast China.
The year 1999 was at the turn of the 21st century, so the military parade on the National Day of that year was known as the Chinese army’s trans-century parade.
Weapons and equipments are displayed during a parade in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, October 1, 2009.
The PLA Army As the basis of the PLA, the Army is a service mainly conducting land operations.Full |
China is striving to establish a new system of defense-related science, technology and industry which caters to both military and civilian needs, and channels military potential to civilian use.