[Commentary] September 3 is the 76th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. On the same day, China and Russia held a commemorative event in Dongning, Heilongjiang Province, the battlefield of the final battle of World War II.

  [Explanation] Dongning City, Heilongjiang Province is the site of the Dongning Fortress, the last battle of the Second World War. The Dongning Fortress was built in June 1934. It was the Japanese invaders who forced 170,000 Chinese laborers to attack and defend the Soviet Union. The building, with a frontal width of more than 110 kilometers and a depth of more than 50 kilometers, is the largest military fortress built by the Japanese invaders in Asia.

Today, the site of the Dongning Fortress Museum Group here is one of the largest and most typical fortification areas in Asia.

  [Explanation] At the event that day, Ji Shumin, Deputy Director of the Eurasian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Wu Wenge, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Heilongjiang Province, and Oshepukov, Russian Consul General in Harbin, delivered speeches at the meeting. The veteran of Russia from World War II Nechpoliuk and the granddaughter of Jiang Dianyuan, a veteran of the Chinese Anti-Union veteran, Jiang Jiatong, respectively, told about the hard fight 76 years ago.

  [Explanation] The attendees presented flowers to the Anti-Japanese War Heroes' Park and the Soviet Red Army Martyrs Memorial, cherishing the memory of the Anti-Japanese War and the Soviet Red Army who died in the Anti-Fascist War, and entrusting them with infinite grief and admiration for the revolutionary martyrs.

  [Concurrent] Shi Lin, Secretary of the Dongning Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China

  Today is the 76th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The Foreign Affairs Office of Heilongjiang Province and the Russian Consulate General in Harbin have organized (organized) commemorative activities here. I think it is of great significance. It allows us to remember History, 76 years ago today, the Chinese and Soviet soldiers fought bloody battles to safeguard world peace and justice, so we must not forget this period of history.

We must not forget the past, the teacher of the future. We must pass on this history from generation to generation so that everyone can know that peace is hard-won. At the same time, we must cherish peace. In addition, we must criticize all the world for tampering with the history of World War II. Those people who want to maintain the results of World War II.

At the moment, this peaceful situation is hard-won, and we must cherish it. Then we, Heilongjiang Province is the largest province of China’s cooperation with Russia. We must continue to deepen the economic and trade and cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia. We must jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind, consolidate the friendship between the Chinese and Russian peoples of the era, and jointly create a bright future.

  [Explanation] In front of the Stone Tablet in the Heroes Park of the Anti-Japanese Army, the stone tablet in the "Evil Tablet Park" surrounded by the Weapon Park records the iron evidence of Japanese fascist invasion of China, reminding the world to remember history, oppose war, cherish peace, and prevent history from repeating itself.

  Report from Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang by Li Jiangming, Zhou Zhibo

Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]