page_title: 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China
section_title: Parades
hierarchical_section_title: 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China / Parades
caption_attribution_description: Training exercise for the military parade scheduled for October 1 2009, to celebrate China's 60th Anniversary. The PLZ-05 122mm self-propelled howitzer rolled down Xidawang Lu in Chaoyang district in the east side of central Beijing past the luxurious shopping centre Shin Kong Place.
context_page_description: The 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China took place on 1 October 2009. A military parade involving 10,000 troops and the display of many high-tech weapons was held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and various celebrations were conducted all over the country. China's paramount leader Hu Jintao inspected the troops along Chang'an Avenue in Beijing. This parade was immediately followed by a civilian parade involving 100,000 participants.
caption: A PLZ-89 self-propelled howitzer passes the Shin Kong Place Luxury shopping centre during a training exercise, Beijing.
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