Military parades reflect strategic transparency

China's Victory Day parade on Sept 3 will be a display of its military strength and a public declaration of its policies to promote peace and win-win cooperation, and realize common prosperity. Through major parades in recent years, China has displayed its institutional confidence in advancing military reforms, while signaling to the world its strategic resolve to uphold peace and maintain openness and transparency.

From the 2015 V-Day parade on the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War, the 2017 military parade at the Zhurihe Training Base marking the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Liberation Army, and the 2019 National Day parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, to the Sept 3 V-Day parade, these solemn ceremonies have showcased China's defense capabilities and reaffirmed its commitment to peace and shared development.

From battlefield drills to the inclusion of peacekeeping troops, China's military parades reflect its military's modernization, and the effects of its reform and restructuring. The essence of change lies in shifting from traditional ceremonial arrangements toward joint formations adapted to real battlefield conditions.