Spirit of parade helps Chinese build bright future

No doubt the grand rally will go down as an important moment in New China's history. The splendid parade and the fireworks show on the same day have most clearly and directly manifested the lift in China's national strength.

China has indeed come a long way from an impoverished country that depends on weapons manufactured by other countries and has to fly two times the planes on display to complete its first parade when New China was founded to a power that masters some of the most advanced military technologies.

The grand rally is expected to help the Chinese people build strong national confidence and pride and motivate them to help realize China's great rejuvenation in the future. Certainly there will be more demanding challenges and tasks ahead, but the spirit of the parade which features grit, industriousness and self-correction could help the Chinese people face up to them and create more miracles.

- Wang Xuebin, a professor of cultural studies at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee

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