At 10:09 a.m., stirring military music opened the prelude to the military parade for the 60th anniversary of the National Day. Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, accompanied by the commander-in-chief of the parade, Fang Fenghui, Commander of the Beijing Military Region, rode in the red-flag parade car to the east, greeted the parade of soldiers and men in the parade of the 44 ground squares in the Chang'an Street in a dignified array.
"Good comrades--" "Good head!" "Comrades have worked hard--" "Serve the people!" President Hu Jintao's cordial greetings and the loud replies of the officers and soldiers on parade resounded through the ten-mile-long street.
Since the founding of New China, the people's army has been paraded here 13 times by the motherland and the people. The parade is a concentrated display of the achievements of China's national defense and military construction since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, and a solemn review of the 82 years since the founding of the army, especially at this new stage of the new century and the development of China's People's Armed Forces construction.
At 10:37, the military parade began. Led by the brightly colored August 1 flag, the Army Cadet Corps, Marine Corps Corps, Airborne Corps Corps, Second Artillery Cadet Corps, Women's Corps of the Three Armies, Armed Police Corps, Reserve Corps, Women's Militia Corps and other 14 foot squads, moving at a neat pace. They all come from the heroic troops with outstanding achievements and outstanding performance in the completion of earthquake relief, anti-terrorism and stability, international peacekeeping and other tasks in the model collective. The main body of the officers and soldiers on parade is a new generation of officers and soldiers born and raised after the reform and opening up, showing the vitality of China's national defense and military construction cause.
The iron flow rolls, the earth **** sound. 10:49, 30 equipment squadron rumbled with thunderous momentum. Accepted the parade of 52 types, more than 500 sets of equipment, 100% of China's self-developed, of which 90% for the first time. Cruise missiles, mobile radar, unmanned aerial vehicles and satellite communications vehicles and other information technology equipment, performance has reached or close to the world's advanced level. After 60 years of unremitting struggle, our army basically formed a new type of main battle equipment as the backbone, electronic information equipment and security equipment coordinated, with Chinese characteristics of the modernization of weapons and equipment system.
The eagle strikes the sky, the sword whistles in the dome of the sky. 11:11, by the army, sea, air force aviation 151 eagles formed 12 air echelons whistling in the air. Early-warning aircraft, refueling aircraft joint appearance, J-10, J-11 three generations of fighters than the wings, bombers, J-boomers, jammers, armed helicopters, reconnaissance helicopters, air through the rainbow. 11:20, with China's training of the first batch of female fighter pilots driving senior trainer in the sky above Tiananmen Square pull out the colorful smoke bands. Smoke belt, the magnificent National Day 60th anniversary parade ended successfully.