【Xinmin Evening News, Xinmin Network】Today (30th) evening, Shanghai celebrated the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the release ceremony of the most beautiful retired soldiers, which was held at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. After selection, 20 people (units) such as Ren Hongju, a veteran of the Volunteer Army and a famous composer, and Tao Yijia, a national labor model, won the title of "Most Beautiful Retired Soldier" in Shanghai in 2021. Peng Shenlei, vice mayor, deputy head of the Municipal Leading Group for Double Support Work, and deputy head of the Municipal Leading Group for Veterans' Affairs, attended the meeting.
Shanghai is the birthplace of the party, with the glorious tradition of supporting the military and its subordinates, supporting the government and loving the people, this condolence performance and release ceremony with the theme of "Under the guidance of the party flag", composed of three chapters of defending the family and defending the country, always maintaining the true color, and forever casting the soul of the army, using symphonic scene performance singing, short video exhibition and broadcast and advanced typical on-site narration, etc., fully demonstrating the in-depth implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on strengthening the army and the major decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee on the work of double support and the work of retired soldiers in Shanghai in recent years. Promote the new progress and new achievements made in the innovation and development of the work of double support and the work of retired soldiers, and show the new atmosphere and new style of military-civilian unity and deep fish and water conditions.
Before the performance began, Vice Mayor Peng Shenlei and leaders of the troops stationed in Shanghai met with representatives of heroic models of the troops and representatives of the "most beautiful retired soldiers." Peng Shenlei extended warm congratulations to the personnel (units) and representatives of the heroic models of the troops who had won the title of "most beautiful retired soldiers," extended festive greetings to all officers and men of the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force stationed in Shanghai, and militia reservists, and expressed sincere condolences to the families of martyrs, disabled soldiers, demobilized veterans, and retired military cadres throughout the city.
The representative of the "most beautiful retired soldiers" and the representatives of the heroic models of the troops stationed in Shanghai said that they would cherish the honor, redouble their efforts, keep firmly in mind their original mission, strengthen their ideals and convictions, consciously carry forward the glorious traditions and fine work style of the people's army, assume their responsibilities and forge ahead, work together with the people of the whole city to forge ahead in a new journey, create new miracles, make new contributions to Shanghai's economic and social development and the construction of the people's city, and make new and greater contributions to the realization of the second centenary goal.
Xue Hongwei, political commissar of the Shanghai Garrison District, and Xu Guoan, Wei Changjin, Wang Yu, Ling Xuwang, Huang Dehua, Tao Chuanming, and Jiao Zhanfeng, leaders of the troops stationed in Shanghai, attended the event.