Xi Jinping: This great victory is a turning point in the history of the Chinese nation from a deep crisis to a great rejuvenation since modern times. It is also an important part of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. It is a victory for the Chinese people and a victory for the people of the world.

The great victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will always be engraved in the annals of the Chinese nation and in the annals of the just cause of mankind.

　　This sentence comes from an important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping on September 3, 2020 at a symposium commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

　　After the Opium War in 1840, the Chinese nation was bullied and oppressed by Western powers, and suffered unprecedented disasters in the pursuit of the dream of revival.

But our nation has never been overwhelmed, but in the process of saving the nation from peril, it has resisted, became more and more courageous, and marched more vigorously.

　　After the September 18th Incident in 1931, the Chinese people rose up to resist in the white mountains and black waters, which opened the prelude to the World Anti-Fascist War.

After the July 7 Incident in 1937, fighting aggression and saving the nation for survival became the common will and action of all Chinese sons and daughters. Hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters fought for the survival of the country, for national rejuvenation, and for human justice, and finally won China in 1945. The great victory of the People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

　　During the 14-year Anti-Japanese War, more than 35 million Chinese soldiers and civilians suffered casualties, accounting for about 1/3 of the total casualties of all countries in World War II; according to the ratio in 1937, China's direct economic loss was more than 100 billion US dollars, indirect Economic losses of more than 500 billion US dollars.

In this national liberation struggle that lasted the longest, the largest scale, and made the most sacrifices, hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians gathered under the banner of the Anti-Japanese National United Front, built the Great Wall of Steel to defend the country and their homeland with their flesh and blood, and completely defeated Japan. Militarism has rewritten the history of the Chinese nation's repeated defeats against foreign enemies since modern times, and it has washed away the national humiliation of more than a hundred years.

The great anti-Japanese war spirit nurtured by the Chinese people in the magnificent process of the Anti-Japanese War is a precious spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation.

　　History is the best textbook, and the history of the Chinese revolution is the best nutritional supplement.

The great victory of the Anti-Japanese War eloquently proved that the Chinese nation has a tenacious fighting spirit and extraordinary creativity.

Today, we must vigorously promote the spirit of the great war of resistance, with determination and courage to overcome all difficulties and not be overwhelmed by difficulties, dare to struggle, be good at creation, and persevere to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Continue to strive until the final victory.

　　Special expert in this issue: Kan Heqing, School of Marxism, Beijing University of Technology