PLA Day (Chinese: 中国人民解放军建军纪念日), also known as Army Day, is a professional military holiday celebrated annually by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the military of China, on 1 August.
[1] Six years later, on 30 June 1933, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Central Committee for Military Revolutionary Cases voted to declare 1 August an annual holiday, being solidified later on 11 July by the government of the Chinese Soviet Republic.
[1] Every year, the PLA Honour Guard marches on Tiananmen Square for a traditional Flag Raising Ceremony.
The Central Military Band of the People's Liberation Army often gives holiday performances.
[2] The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party holds an annual meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.