The origin and meaning of National Day in English

The Origin and Significance of National Day.

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1. The origin of China’s National Day

On October 9, 1949, the First National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held its first meeting meeting. Ask for discussion and decision. The meeting that day passed the proposal "Requesting the government to designate October 1st as the National Day of the People's Republic of China to replace the old National Day on October 10th" and sent it to the Central People's Government for implementation.

On December 2, 1949, the resolution passed by the Fourth Meeting of the Central People's Government Committee pointed out that the Central People's Government Committee declared: "Since 1950, on October 1 of each year, that is, the People's Republic of China The great day when the People's Republic of China was proclaimed is the National Day of the People's Republic of China. This means that "October 1st" is designated as the "birthday" of the People's Republic of China, that is, the "National Day". "The origin of.

2. The significance of China’s National Day

National symbol: The National Day of the People’s Republic of China is a symbol of the country, which emerged with the emergence of the country. And become even more important. It has become a symbol of an independent country, reflecting the country's national system and political system.

Functional manifestation: Once the special commemoration method of National Day becomes a new, national holiday form, it will carry the function of reflecting the cohesion of the country and the nation. At the same time, the large-scale celebrations on National Day are also a concrete manifestation of the government’s mobilization and appeal.

Basic characteristics: displaying national strength, enhancing national confidence, reflecting cohesion, and exerting appeal are the three basic characteristics of the National Day celebration.

Festival activities on National Day

1. Put up lanterns and streamers: Every National Day in China, enterprises and institutions will hang up lanterns or banners with slogans such as "Celebrate National Day" To celebrate the National Day; bonsai with slogans and hydrogen balloons were placed in the square to welcome the National Day with a joyful atmosphere.

2. National Day holiday: Since 1999, National Day has been the "Golden Week" holiday in mainland China. The statutory holiday time for National Day is 3 days, and the two weekends before and after are adjusted to a total of 7 days of holiday; for overseas institutions and enterprises in mainland China, it is 3-7 days; for the Macau Special Administrative Region, it is 2 days, and for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, it is 7 days. 1st.

3. Flag-raising ceremony: On every National Day, the flag-raising time of the People’s Republic of China flag is 6:10.