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On 3 September 2014, China for the first time celebrated a new national holiday -Victory Day in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The holiday was established on 27 February 2014 by the 12th Session of the Permanent Committee of the National People's Congress. At the same time, the People's Congress designated December 13 as National Memorial Day for the Nanjing Massacre Victims. The official purpose of the new holidays is to "engrave those events in the national memory of the Chinese people and make them a source of strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." Chinese media report that celebrating the victory in the anti-Japanese war will "inspire China to show more initiative in international cooperation, invigorate its worldwide activities, and assume greater responsibility and obligations in the world community."
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