2025 China Victory Day Parade
| Conference to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War 纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年大会 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Military parade |
| Date(s) | September 3, 2025 |
| Location(s) | Chang'an Avenue, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China |
| Coordinates | 39°54′26.4″N 116°23′27.9″E / 39.907333°N 116.391083°E |
| Previous event | 2015 China Victory Day Parade |
| Participants | Party and state leaders |
| General Secretary of the CCP | Xi Jinping[a] |
| Organised by | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Military Commission (CMC) |
| People | Li Qiang (Premier and host) |
| |
The 80th anniversary of the victory in the War against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War will be observed with a series of ceremonial events including a military parade that will take place on 3 September 2025 in Beijing commemorating the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Preparations
The official logo for the event was officially unveiled by the State Council Information Office on 13 May 2025.[1] Senior PLA officer Wu Zeke stated in June 2025 that the parade will feature "new-type combat capabilities" as well as a speech by CCP General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping.[2][3]
Invited Guests and Dignitaries
The event is expected to attract a large number of foreign dignitaries, due to its proximity to the 2025 Tianjin SCO summit.
The following world leaders planned to attend the parade or were invited but have not confirmed their attendance yet, as of 17 August 2025:
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan (tentative).[4]
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia (tentative).[4]
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus.[5]
Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia.[6]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India (tentative).[6]
President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia.[6]
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran.[7]
General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos.[6]
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia.[6]
Head of State Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar.[6]
Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli of Nepal.[8]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan (tentative).[9]
President Vladimir Putin of Russia.[10]
President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia.[4]
Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia.[4]
Speaker of the National Assembly Woo Won-shik of South Korea (tentative).[11]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey (tentative).[12]
President Lương Cường of Vietnam.[6]
See also
- 2025 Tianjin SCO summit
- 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade
- 70th Anniversary of Chinese People's Volunteers' Participation in War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
References
- ^ "国务院新闻办公室发布中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年纪念活动标识". People's Daily (in Chinese). 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ^ "China plans to show off new equipment at parade marking 80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender". Associated Press. 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- ^ "China announces September military parade to mark end of WWII". ChannelNewsAsia. Archived from the original on 2025-06-25. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- ^ a b c d "Leaders to attend parade in Beijing". 2025-08-04. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
- ^ "Xi Jinping invites Lukashenko to SCO summit and parade in Beijing". eng.belta.by. 2025-06-04. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g "India in focus as world leaders prepared for China's Military Parade". 2025-08-16. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ "Iranian President to attend SCO Summit". 2025-08-14. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ "Oli to attend SCO summit in China". 2025-08-14. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ^ "Pakistani prime minister to attend SCO Summit". 2025-08-14. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
- ^ "Putin to visit China for regional summit and WWII commemorations". 2025-06-19. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ "President unlikely to attend China's Victory Day". 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ^ "Turkish president may attend SCO Summit". 2025-08-14. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
 Military parades of the People's Republic of China | |
|---|---|
| National Day Parades |
|
| Other | |