Students attend a ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the start of the entire nation's resistance against Japanese aggression, in Beijing, capital of China, on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday held a ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the start of the entire nation's resistance against Japanese aggression.
An exhibition themed "For National Liberation and World Peace" was also launched to commemorate the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Both the ceremony and the exhibition were held at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, located near the Lugou Bridge -- also known as the Marco Polo Bridge -- where Japanese troops attacked Chinese forces on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of their full-scale invasion of China.
This photo taken on July 7, 2025 shows a ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the start of the entire nation's resistance against Japanese aggression, in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Students attend a ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the start of the entire nation's resistance against Japanese aggression, in Beijing, capital of China, on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Students visit an exhibition themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” in Beijing, capital of China on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Students visit an exhibition themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” in Beijing, capital of China on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Military personnel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army visit an exhibition themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” in Beijing, capital of China on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Representatives of the military personnel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army observe a moment of silence during a ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the start of the entire nation's resistance against Japanese aggression, in Beijing, capital of China, on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Military personnel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army visit an exhibition themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” in Beijing, capital of China on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Representatives of the military personnel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army observe a moment of silence during a ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the start of the entire nation's resistance against Japanese aggression, in Beijing, capital of China, on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Students offer floral tributes to those who laid down their lives in fighting the Japanese aggression at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Students visit an exhibition themed “For National Liberation and World Peace” in Beijing, capital of China on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Representatives offer floral tributes to those who laid down their lives in fighting the Japanese aggression at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, on July 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)■