The five continents are all celebrating China’s National Day in this beautiful season of golden autumn. On the afternoon of September 29, the campus of ICDS was full of laughter, singing and dancing. More than 300 senior officers and their spouses and children from 84 countries and all faculty and staff of the College wore cultural shirts with “I love you, China” and “Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC” on it, waving small five-star red flags, walking hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder on the beautiful campus in the golden autumn.

The fragrance of osmanthus drifted in the cool autumn wind. After campus walk, a National Day reception was held in the Lotus Pond Cultural Square. Political commissar Cao Jianqi delivered a speech: “On October 1, 1949, the PRC was founded, which started the great journey of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the past 70 years, the Chinese nation has undergone a great leap from standing up, becoming rich to becoming strong. China’s development and progress are inseparable from the world. I sincerely thank all countries and people of the world for their support and help to China! I sincerely hope that officers and friends from all over the world will join hands with us to contribute to the building of a community of shared future for mankind and to the peaceful development, prosperity and stability of all countries in the world! ”

A song “Long Live the Motherland” opened the gala themed on “Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC”, expressing the sincere love and singing praises for the motherland. The song “Sha-la-la” accompanied by the national dance of two girls from Sri Lanka ignited the passion of the audience. The chorus of “My Motherland and I” by Chinese and foreign officers brought the atmosphere to a climax. “After coming to China, I have deeply felt the friendship of Chinese people and the prosperity of China. I sincerely wish China’s future development will be better,” said Brigadier General Harindra from Sri Lanka. Brigadier General Asim of Bangladesh said: “The campus walk and gala on the National Day bring us together to sing and dance. We feel the National Day atmosphere of China and the warmth of the big family of NDU.” (by Wen Cheng)