(250828) -- BEIJING, Aug. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) -- The first press conference on preparations for the V-Day commemorations is held by the press center of Commemoration of 80th Anniversary of Victory of Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 28, 2025. Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Lu Yingchuan, Wu Zeke, deputy director of the Office of the Leading Group for the Military Parade and a senior officer of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and Xia Linmao, executive vice mayor of Beijing attended the press conference. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
