【CNN】China celebrates 60 years of PRC's founding

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China celebrates 60 years of PRC's founding
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Chinese President Hu Jintao reviews People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops in Beijing on Thursday.



Preparations get under way in Tiananmen Square ahead of National Day festivities.


(CNN) -- President Hu Jintao inspected China's defense forces in Beijing on Thursday as the country began celebrations to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the People's Republic.

Hu, wearing a high-collared dark Mao suit and riding in a black open-roof Red Flag limousine, passed by tens of thousands of soldiers and militia and ranks of camouflaged tanks and missiles.

Addressing a rally in Tiananmen Square, Hu called on the Chinese people to unite more closely to build a "rich, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and modernized socialist country," state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

About 200,000 soldiers and civilians -- from veterans and athletes to space heroes and young people -- gathered in Tiananmen Square for the National Day military and mass parade showcasing achievements of the last 60 years, Xinhua reported.

They included a 1,300 member military band and a fly-past by China's first batch of female fighter pilots, Xinhua added.

Rain-dispersal rockets fired into the area in surrounding provinces and regions to induce rain before it reaches the capital in the largest weather-intervention effort since the opening ceremony of the Olympics last year, Xinhua reported.

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