[2] On August 31, 2014, the Tenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress adopted the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Establishment of Martyrs' Remembrance Day, which stipulates that September 30 of each year, the day on which the foundation stone of the Monument to the People's Heroes was laid, is to be Martyrs' Remembrance Day, and also stipulates that the State will hold activities in commemoration of martyrs on September 30 of each year:[3] Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Establishment of Martyrs' Memorial Day (Adopted at the Tenth Session of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress on August 31, 2014) In recent times, countless heroes have sacrificed their lives in order to fight for national independence and the freedom and happiness of the people, and for the prosperity and strength of the country; the feats of the martyrs have made their names known in history, and the spirit of the martyrs will live on forever.
In order to carry forward the spirit of the martyrs, remember the achievements of the martyrs, cultivate the spirit of patriotism, collectivism and socialist morality of the citizens, cultivate and practice the core socialist values, enhance the cohesion of the Chinese nation, and stimulate the realization of the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation of a strong spiritual force, the twelfth session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided: To establish September 30 as Martyrs' Day.
"[4] On April 27, 2018, the Second meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) voted unanimously to adopt the Heroes and Martyrs Protection Law.
[6] Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders, together with representatives from all walks of life in Beijing, laid floral offerings to the martyrs in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes.
[7] On each subsequent September 30, Chinese state leaders attended the ceremony and laid a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes.