China holds grand gathering marking centenary of CPC

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Updated: July 1, 2021

A grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the Communist Party of China was held at Tian'anmen Square at the heart of Beijing on Thursday.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, arrived at Tian'anmen Rostrum.

Premier Li Keqiang announced the beginning of the ceremony.

Military aircraft flew over Tian'anmen Square in echelons. Helicopters flew in the formation of "100," representing the 100 years of the Party. A 100-gun salute was fired. A national flag-raising ceremony was held.

A congratulatory message jointly issued by eight other political parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and personages without party affiliation was read out at the ceremony.

Representatives of the Chinese Communist Youth League members and Young Pioneers saluted the CPC and expressed commitment to the Party's cause.

The national flag is raised in a grand ceremony to celebrate the centenary of the Communist Party of China at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A panoramic view of the Tian'anmen Square where a grand gathering is held to honor the centenary of the CPC in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A grand gathering is held to honor the centenary of the CPC at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
People celebrate the centenary of the CPC at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
People celebrate the centenary of the Communist Party of China at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A flag-raising ceremony is held at a grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
The sun rises in Beijing on July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] 
Helicopters fly over the Tian'anmen Square in the formation of "100" ahead of a grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A grand ceremony celebrating the centenary of the Communist Party of China is held at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A 100-gun salute is fired in celebration of the centenary of the Communist Party of China at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Military aircraft fly over Tian'anmen Square in echelon ahead of a grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Representatives of the Chinese Communist Youth League members and Young Pioneers salute the CPC and express commitment to the Party's cause at a ceremony marking the CPC centenary at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC is held in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
People celebrate the centenary of the Communist Party of China at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Helicopters carrying the Party flag and banners fly over the Tian'anmen Square ahead a grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A chorus rehearses ahead of the ceremony celebrating the centenary of the CPC at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
People wave Party flags and China's national flags at a grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Balloons fly in the air at the ceremony marking the centenary of the CPC at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC is held in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo by Kuang Linhua/China Daily]
A grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC is held in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily]
A grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC is held in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo by Kuang Linhua/China Daily]
Military aircraft fly over Tian'anmen Square in echelon ahead of a grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo by Kuang Linhua/China Daily]
A grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC is held in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily]
People celebrate the centenary of the Communist Party of China at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]
A grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC is held in Beijing, July 1, 2021. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]

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