China News Service, April 29. On the afternoon of April 29, the Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference. The Director of the Ministry of National Defense Information Bureau and spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, Colonel Wu Qian, introduced the activities of the 72nd anniversary of the establishment of the Navy.
Wu Qian stated that on April 23, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the Centralized Handover and Arrangement of Type III Main Battleships of the Navy and boarded the ships for inspection.
The officers and soldiers of the whole army were deeply encouraged and excited.
In addition, the Navy also held a series of celebrations.
Grandly launched the "Report to the Party Flag from the Sea" themed propaganda film, fully demonstrating the new development, new achievements, and new features of the People's Navy construction.
All troops organize flag-raising ceremonies, special education, knowledge contests, visits to military history venues, revisiting party oaths, cultural performances, and hoisting the flag, etc., celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of the navy in a unique way for sailors; the navy joint military museum carries out thematic publicity and education In the event, the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft were invited to give reports to the Beijing middle school students.
"Speaking of this, I can't help but think of the extraordinary years when the navy was founded. In the more than 100 years from 1840 to 1949, foreign enemies invaded China more than 470 times from the sea." Wu Qian said, how the new China's coastal defense was guarded. ?
How to protect our tens of thousands of miles of sea frontiers?
The Chinese Communists, represented by Comrade Mao Zedong, carried out arduous explorations on strengthening coastal defense and building the navy.
In January 1949, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee proposed to establish a navy capable of "defending the coast and along the river."
On April 23, the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission sent a telegram to form the East China Military Region Navy and appointed Comrade Zhang Aiping as commander and political commissar. This day later became the founding day of the People’s Navy.
On the afternoon of the 23rd, with the rumbling of cannons in the Battle of Crossing the River and relying on several old ships of the Kuomintang uprising, the East China Military Region Navy announced its establishment in the Sanye Crossing Command Post, Baima Temple, Taizhou, Jiangsu.
At that time, there were only 13 people in the class, which was probably the smallest navy in the world.
However, everyone firmly believes that the 13 of us today will surely be able to bring out 130,000 people in the future.
In August of the same year, Chairman Mao wrote an inscription for the East China Military Region Navy: "We must build a navy that can defend our coastal defense and effectively defend against possible imperialist aggression." Since then, the People’s Navy has been in hardship. Entrepreneurship, growing up in battle, cutting through waves, storming the waves, from starting from scratch to the five major arms, with nuclear weapons, from coastal and offshore to open oceans, from defending the sovereignty of the country's territorial waters to safeguarding world peace, ploughing a magnificent and great voyage.
Wu Qian pointed out that history has and will continue to prove that the People's Navy has always been a great sea steel wall that defends national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and has always been a staunch force serving the construction of a maritime community with a shared future.