China Central Television and Beijing Television was responsible for the live broadcast of the National Day celebrations military parade from 8:30 a.m. (CST) to noon, on CCTV-1, CCTV-4 and CCTV HDTV test channel China National Radio provided live audio coverage throughout mainland China, and "Xinwen Lianbo" anchors Xing Zhibin and Luo Jing served as commentators At 9:58 a.m., Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Hu Jintao, Wei Jianxing, Li Lanqing and other party and state leaders came and stood atop Tiananmen amidst the welcome music.

At 10 a.m., Jia Qinglin, the Beijing municipal Communist Party Secretary and the master of ceremonies for the event, announced the beginning of the "Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China".

A 50-gun salute was fired, and 200 National Flag Guard of the Armed Police marched down from the Monument to the People's Heroes, passing the portrait of Sun Yat-sen and walked along the central axis to the flag-raising area.

The Five-star red flag was rising and flying high over the square At 10:07 a.m. Jiang Zemin inspected the troops standing onto a Hongqi CA772TJ limousine with a license 申A 02156. drove out of Tiananmen Gate.

The bands were organized as follows: More than 100,000 teenagers held bouquets and flipped cards in the square, transforming into a variety of characters and patterns.