China announces plans for marking 80th anniversary of victory against Japanese aggression, fascism

China’s State Council Information Office holds a press conference on plans for marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, capital of China, June 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

Major General Wu Zeke, deputy director of the Leading Group Office of Military Parade and deputy director general of the Operation Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, speaks at a press conference held by China’s State Council Information Office on plans for marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, capital of China, June 24, 2025. Hu Heping (not in the picture), executive vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Wu briefed the media on the arrangement of commemorative activities and took questions. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

Hu Heping, executive vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a press conference held by China’s State Council Information Office on plans for marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, capital of China, June 24, 2025. Hu and Major General Wu Zeke (not in the picture), deputy director of the Leading Group Office of Military Parade and deputy director general of the Operation Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, briefed the media on the arrangement of commemorative activities and took questions. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

Hu Heping, executive vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a press conference held by China’s State Council Information Office on plans for marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, capital of China, June 24, 2025. Hu and Major General Wu Zeke (not in the picture), deputy director of the Leading Group Office of Military Parade and deputy director general of the Operation Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, briefed the media on the arrangement of commemorative activities and took questions. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

Major General Wu Zeke, deputy director of the Leading Group Office of Military Parade and deputy director general of the Operation Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, speaks at a press conference held by China’s State Council Information Office on plans for marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, capital of China, June 24, 2025. Hu Heping (not in the picture), executive vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Wu briefed the media on the arrangement of commemorative activities and took questions. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

Journalists work at a press conference held by China’s State Council Information Office on plans for marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, capital of China, June 24, 2025. Hu Heping, executive vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Major General Wu Zeke, deputy director of the Leading Group Office of Military Parade and deputy director general of the Operation Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, briefed the media on the arrangement of commemorative activities and took questions. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai