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1, the origin of China National Day
1949 10 On 9 October, the First National Committee of China People's Political Consultative Conference held its first meeting. Ask for discussion and decision. On the same day, the meeting passed the proposal of "Asking the government to designate October 1st as the National Day of the Chinese people to replace the old National Day on October 10th" and sent it to the Central People's Government for adoption and implementation.
1949 1 February 2, the resolution adopted at the fourth meeting of the Central People's Government Committee pointed out that the Central People's Government Committee declared: "From 1950, that is, every year 10/day, that is, the People's Republic of China * * *. This is the origin of determining "10/day" as the "birthday" of the Chinese people and the country, that is, the "National Day".
2. The significance of China National Day.
National symbol: The National Day of the Chinese people is a symbol of the country, which appears with the emergence of the country and becomes particularly important. It has become a symbol of an independent country, reflecting the country's state system and polity.
Function embodiment: Once the National Day, a special commemorative way, becomes a new and national holiday form, it carries the function of reflecting the cohesion of this country and nation. At the same time, the large-scale celebrations on the National Day are also the concrete embodiment of the government's mobilization and appeal.
Basic characteristics: showing national strength, enhancing national confidence, embodying cohesion and exerting appeal are the three basic characteristics of the National Day celebration.
National day holiday activities
1, decorating: Every National Day holiday in China, all enterprises and institutions will hang lanterns or banners and celebrate the National Day with slogans such as "Celebrate the National Day"; Bonsai and hydrogen balloons with slogans are placed in the square to welcome the National Day with a happy atmosphere.
2. National Day Holiday: 1999 National Day is the "Golden Week" holiday in Chinese mainland. The legal holiday time for National Day is 3 days, and then the two weekends before and after will be adjusted to 7 days of vacation together. Chinese mainland overseas institutions and enterprises are 3-7 days; Macao Special Administrative Region is 2 days and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is 1 day.
3. Flag-raising ceremony: On National Day, the flag of the Chinese people and the national flag is raised at 6: 00 10.