00:00China commemorates today one of the country's most important dates marked by national pride
00:05and historical memory, the anniversary of the People's Republic.
00:09Our correspondent Bruno Falci has more.
00:12Greetings comrades, from here in Beijing, China celebrates this Thursday the 77th anniversary
00:19of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
00:22On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the birth of the New Republic in Tiananmen Square
00:30following the victory of the revolution led by the Communist Party of China and the beginning
00:37of the construction of a socialist state.
00:41Here in Beijing, in Tiananmen Square, more than 100,000 people gathered from the early hours
00:48of the morning to witness the traditional national flag-raising ceremony, accompanied by the
00:55People's Liberation Army Guard of Honor.
00:59The flag was raised as those presents sang the national anthem.
01:04National Day celebrations extended across all of China's province, as well as their
01:12autonomous regions and municipalities, with the participation of the country's 56 ethnic groups,
01:22as well as in Hong Kong and Macau, the Special Administrative Regions of China.
01:29The date also marks the beginning of the so-called Golden Week, a seven-day national holiday during
01:39which millions of people across all China travel the country.
01:45It is also a day when the Chinese people reflect on their history and the sacrifice of previous
01:53generations made, as well as on the journey over these 77 years, which led to the countries
02:01countries to become a global power while preserving its sovereignty, defending the self-determination
02:08of peoples around the world and achieving social justice and prosperity, with socialism as a project
02:18for transforming the society and the people.
02:22From here, the capital of China, with this information, we return with you to the studios.
02:29In Jesus?
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