Cemetery of Fallen Soldiers of CPV in Sinphyong County of North Hwanghae Province inaugurated
The Cemetery of the Fallen Soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers in Sinphyong County of North Hwanghae Province was renovated on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers into the Korean front.
Its inaugural ceremony was held on the spot on the 24th.
A guard of honour of the Korean People's Army was lining up at the cemetery.
Present at the ceremony were Kang Chol Ho, Vice-Minister of Urban Management of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, officials concerned, officials in North Hwanghae Province and Sinphyong County and builders.
Also on hand were Qi Han, charge d'affaires ad interim of the embassy of the People's Republic of China in the DPRK, staff members of his embassy, the visiting delegation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of China led by Vice-Minister Hong Zongming, and Chinese guests and residents here.
The national anthems of the People's Republic of China and the DPRK were played.
The participants paid a silent tribute to the memory of the fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
Floral baskets were laid at the cemetery in the names of the Ministry of Urban Management of the DPRK, the North Hwanghae Provincial People's Committee, the Sinphyong County People's Committee, the Chinese embassy in the DPRK and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of China.
Speeches were made.
After the ceremony, the participants looked round the cemetery.
Its inaugural ceremony was held on the spot on the 24th.
A guard of honour of the Korean People's Army was lining up at the cemetery.
Present at the ceremony were Kang Chol Ho, Vice-Minister of Urban Management of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, officials concerned, officials in North Hwanghae Province and Sinphyong County and builders.
Also on hand were Qi Han, charge d'affaires ad interim of the embassy of the People's Republic of China in the DPRK, staff members of his embassy, the visiting delegation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of China led by Vice-Minister Hong Zongming, and Chinese guests and residents here.
The national anthems of the People's Republic of China and the DPRK were played.
The participants paid a silent tribute to the memory of the fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
Floral baskets were laid at the cemetery in the names of the Ministry of Urban Management of the DPRK, the North Hwanghae Provincial People's Committee, the Sinphyong County People's Committee, the Chinese embassy in the DPRK and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of China.
Speeches were made.
After the ceremony, the participants looked round the cemetery.