View of V-Day commemorations at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing

China concluded its V-Day commemorations on September 3, and a massive military parade was held at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing as part of commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War, pledging to pursue a path of peaceful development in a world fraught with turbulence and uncertainty.

President Xi Jinping made the remarks  commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, called for firmly upholding international fairness and justice, staying committed to the path of peaceful development, and making unremitting efforts to improve people’s well-being at all times.

View of V-Day commemorations at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing

With the vision of “Design for China”, the design team from the Central Academy of Fine Arts assumed the overall design plan for the core area of Tian’anmen Square for the V-Day parade, which features the theme “United, we’ll be as solid as a fortress” symbolizing the concept that with concerted effort, people collectively can generate tremendous strength and be able to over come all difficulties. The Central Academy of Fine Arts (abbr. CAFA) promotes the moral sentiment of “being patriotic, serving the people, advocating virtue, and valuing art”, bringing together “justice and peace” with art to commemorate the great victory of the people. 

CAFA President Lin Mao attended the V-Day commemorations

Representatives of the design team from the Central Academy of Fine Arts attended the V-Day commemorations with Fan Di’an, Director of the Expert Advisory Committee for Service and Support Activities on V-Day, Chairman of the China Artists Association and the former president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Group photo of the faculty representatives from the Central Academy of Fine Arts at at Tian’anmen Square.

Courtesy of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, edited by Publicity Department of CAFA.

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