will it be july 1933, the republic temporary central government , soviet of chinese , determine to be tenable on commemoration day for the chinese workers‘ and peasants‘ red army (the predecessor of the chinese people‘s liberation army ) on august 1. from then on , august 1 became the army day of the chinese people‘s liberation army. during army day , will concentrate on launching the activity of ' support the army and give preferential treatment to the families of the armymen and martyrs , support the government and cherish the people ' all over china, commemorate the birth of the people‘s army.
since the chinese people‘s liberation army built up the army , goes through the innumerable hazards and hardships, from small to large, change from weak to strong, develop into an army with synthetic multi-arm , is advancing on the roads of the picked troops with chinese characteristics courageously, become the great wall of steel that china defends the peace and development.