About 20,000 people watched The Great Journey at the National Stadium on the evening of June 28. The four-part epic show depicts how the Chinese people, under the leadership of the CPC, have carried out revolution, construction and reform over the past 100 years. (HUANG JINGWEN / XINHUA)
The centenary of the Communist Party of China this year has sparked celebrations across the nation to mark the Party’s rich history and achievements.
Extensive activities on the theme of Forever Following the Party were carried out through artistic performances, voluntary services and experience programs. Events were held on the subject of the Communist Party, socialism, the reform and opening-up and the great motherland.
On June 10, in Taizhou city, Jiangsu province, an event under the above-mentioned theme was held with local characteristics. Art forms such as recitations, singing and allegros were used to show the glorious course of the Party.
An art performance titled The Great Journey is held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China at the National Stadium in Beijing on June 28. Party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan watched the performance. (DING HAITAO / XINHUA)
Also, on June 10, in Chengyang district, Qingdao, Shandong province, a group wedding on the theme of “passing family traditions, establishing new social morality, feeling the kindness from the Party, and following the Party” was held with 25 couples.
In Hainan province, the provincial history museum set up an exhibition on the theme of The Red Flag Will Not Fall, portraying the solidarity between the local Party branch in Qiongya and the people in the struggles during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the War of Liberation (1946-49).
Fireworks rocketing into the sky display the number 100 over the National Stadium in Beijing during the art performance on June 28. (PENG ZIYANG / XINHUA)
In Hong Kong, a large-scale rehearsal dance performance “City Dance to Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China” was held on May 29.
The anniversary celebrations reached a climax on June 28 with Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, joining around 20,000 people to watch a grand gala held in Beijing.
Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng, as well as Vice-President Wang Qishan, were among Party and State leaders who watched the gala at National Stadium.
Along with music and songs, fireworks displaying “100” lit up the night sky over the stadium. A shining Party emblem was shown on the stage, kicking off the grand gala event.
High-rise buildings along the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, put on a light show on June 30 ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
Called The Great Journey, the four-part gala performance was presented in the style of a large-scale theater production.
It celebrated China’s historic achievements and the transformations that have taken place under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi at its core since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012.
The gala came to a climax with fireworks lighting up the sky again amid applause and cheers.
Performers dance during a show at the Hong Kong Coliseum
on June 30, to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Students from Wenhua Road Primary School in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, sing a red song together, on June 22. (SUN ZHONGZHE / FOR CHINA DAILY)
A red boat receives visitors on Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing in East China’s Zhejiang province in late June. The lake has become a tourist attraction as the First National Congress of the CPC was concluded on such a red boat in July 1921. (PHOTO / ZHUANG YONGCHANG)
Students in the Macao Special Administrative Region perform at a gala titled Tales in the Spring, celebrating the 100-year-old CPC, on June 27. Macao also issued commemorative postal stamps for the occasion. (ZHANG JINJIA / XINHUA)
Visitors take group pictures at the Red Building of Peking University, where exhibits on the founding of the CPC are displayed. The building at the heart of Beijing was the site of a number of activities by CPC founders before and after 1921. (JU HUANZONG / XINHUA)
A delegation made up of a number of China’s ethnic groups visits the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on June 30. The group comprised 516 role models devoted to national unity and the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY)
