▲ Zhijiang, China has been approved to become an international peaceful city (Photo courtesy of Zhijiang County Party Committee Propaganda Department issued by CCTV)
On February 3, the International Cities of Peace announced to the world that China Zhi Jiang was approved to become the 307th International Peace City. It is reported that Zhijiang is another international peaceful city approved by the International Peace City Association after Nanjing, Hunan's first international peaceful city .
▲ Zhijiang "International Peace City" certificate
A paper landing on Zhijiang . On August 21, 1945, Takeo Imai, the representative of the surrender of the Japanese invaders, flew to Zhijiang and presented to the Chinese government a plan of the deployment of one million Japanese troops in China, and accepted the detailed regulations on the unconditional surrender of the Japanese invaders. The memorandum, historically called "Zhijiang suffered surrender." Since then, Zhijiang has been famous at home and abroad as the City of Victory.
"Building a brand of peaceful culture and building an international peaceful city." In recent years, Zhijiang has sublimated the anti-Japanese culture to a peaceful culture and accelerated the construction of a peaceful culture base. It has successively invested nearly 300 million yuan to protect the Memorial Hall of Suffering , The site of the site of the victory and surrender ceremony of the Anti-Japanese War, the site of the Chinese Army Headquarters, the site of the Sino-U.S. Air Force Wing Command Tower, the site of the Sino-U.S. Air Force Wing Club and other buildings during World War II; the newly built Memorial Hall of Victory and Surrender of the Anti-Japanese War, the Flying Tigers Memorial Hall, Chennault Statue Square, etc.; near the site where the Zhijiang River was surrendered, the Taihe Pagoda, a symbol of Chinese harmony and peace, the Hunan People’s Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall, and the Peace Bridge, Heping Power Station, and Heping Lake National Water Conservancy Scenic Area were built. Significant landmark facilities; the Peace Culture Research Institute and the Peace Culture Research Association have been established one after another. Collect anti-Japanese cultural relics and historical materials through all-round and multiple channels to maintain the integrity of the cultural resources of peace to the maximum.
Since 2003, Zhijiang has held five International Peace and Culture Festivals and Hunan Province commemorating the 69th and 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The victory of the War of Resistance against Japan has become famous. More than 80 heads of state, diplomatic envoys in China and international friends have come to inspect and sightsee successively; successively with the Normandy Grancomics City in France, Songhe City in North Carolina State in the United States, and Kirov in Leningrad State in the Russian Federation. Skok city was established as an international sister city; the Memorial Hall of Victory and Surrender of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the French World War II Victory Hall, the Flying Tigers Memorial Hall and the American Chennault Memorial Hall have formed friendship halls. The former site has grown from 12 acres when it was opened to the outside world in 1985 to cover an area of more than 300 acres. Strong5strong has become a national patriotic education demonstration base, the first national cross-strait exchange base in Hunan Province, and an overseas Chinese international cultural exchange base. Sichuan, Shanghai, Nearly a hundred units and schools in Guangzhou and other provinces, cities, and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region established a patriotic education base in Zhijiang.
"Culture is productivity, and brand is competitiveness." Zhijiang County Party Secretary Gong Hongguo introduced that with the expansion of the brand of Peace Culture, Zhijiang is favored by more and more investors. In 2020, the Zhijiang Industrial Concentration Zone will sign a total of 17 industrial projects with 1.94 billion yuan in funds. The county has received more than 5 million domestic tourists and achieved tourism income of more than 3 billion yuan.
Zhijiang has a long history and is rich in humanities. Zhijiang has a history of more than 2,200 years since the county was founded in 202 BC, and the thought of peace has been accompanied by two thousand years. 76 years ago, it was pushed to the forefront of the world due to "Zhijiang Suffering" in the Eastern Battlefield of World War II. At the turn of the new century, the Zhijiang people will remember history even more and cherish peace. Today, "When the victory converges into the symphony of the new century, the snow-white dove flower blooms in the ancient city. All my hearts are here to pray sincerely, never fight again, never fight again, and share the sunshine of peace. History will remember this This ancient city, her name is Zhijiang!" This affectionate and beautiful "Zhijiang Ballad" drifts in the city and the countryside from time to time, wandering the streets and alleys of Zhijiang in Dong Township. The culture of peace has become a beautiful business card for Zhijiang to go global.
International Peace City Association is a peaceful city association officially recognized by the United Nations.The association is committed to connecting, promoting and encouraging cities that carry out peaceful activities around the world and realizing the dream of world peace. It is composed of more than 300 "International Peace Cities" in more than 60 countries and regions.
Producer/Ren Shuai
Editor-in-chief/Chen Weichun
Editor/Li Leilei Ding Weili (internship)
Source/General Yangguang Net Xinhua News Agency Shengli Zhijiang
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