Original title: The torch relay of the military games will be held in the whole country from August to October
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 30 (reporters Mei Changwei, Liu Jimei) wu Qian, spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, said at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Defense held on 30th that the 7th World Military Games would be held in Wuhan on October 18-27. The organizing committee of the military games will organize torch relay activities throughout the country from August to October.
Wu Qian said that as an important propaganda and promotion activity of the military games, torch relay is an important carrier to highlight the great achievements of powerful countries and powerful armies, publicize the concept of peaceful development, and carry forward the excellent culture of the Chinese nation, it will further stimulate the enthusiasm of all sectors of society and the officers and soldiers of the whole army to “pay attention to the military movement, support the military movement, and participate in the military movement”, and create a good atmosphere for the successful holding of the military movement. At present, the preparations for the torch relay have entered the final stage.
First, the theme and slogan of torch relay. The theme is “sharing friendship and building peace together”, and the slogan is “creating military glory and building world peace”.
The second is the torch transmission range. The torch relay will take two forms of demonstration and relay, which will be conducted in 43 sites of the whole army, including 27 cities and 16 troop sites. On August 1st, the fire will be collected and transmitted in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, the birthplace of the People’s Liberation Army. The whole process will pass through Beijing, Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province (Xibaipo), Shanghai, Nanjing city, Jiangsu province, Longyan city, Fujian province (Gutian), 10 cities across the country, including Shenzhen city, Zunyi city, Guizhou province, Xi’an city, Shaanxi province, and Yan’an city; Troop sites include a training base of the Army, a brigade of the Army, a reserve division of the Army, a detachment of the Navy, and a hospital ship of Peace Ark, air Force Aviation University, air force division, Rocket Force Engineering University, strategic support force Aerospace Engineering University, Joint Logistics Support Force Brigade, Military Academy of Sciences, National Defense University, National Defense University of Science and Technology, 16 barracks including a detachment of the Armed Police Force and two border guard posts; After arriving in Hubei province, the host province of the military transport association, it will be transmitted in 17 cities and states in the province. On the evening of October 18, the main venue of the opening ceremony of the military games will be entered to ignite the main flare stack.
The third is the composition of the torch relay personnel. A total of 2019 torchbearers were selected in this military games to participate in the delivery, consisting of military torchbearers, local torchbearers, foreign torchbearers, etc. Among them, there are 954 torchbearers in the Army, including representatives of British model figures of the PLA and the armed police force, representatives of grassroots officers and soldiers (including officers, soldiers, civilian personnel and Militia Reserve personnel), representatives of old Red Army veterans, representatives of outstanding military coaches and athletes, etc.; 995 local torchbearers, including representatives of Party and government organs, models of double support, military elite and outstanding re-conversion military representatives, outstanding representatives of various industries, representatives of local excellent coaches and athletes, sponsor representatives, etc.; 70 foreign torchbearers, including military attachés in China and representatives of international Army member countries. At the same time, the armed police force will be arranged to escort runner 40 people, and the whole process will be responsible for the tasks of running, guarding and etiquette.
The fourth is the torch modeling and implication. The name of the torch is “peace glory”, which symbolizes “peace, development and friendship”. The torch has a total length of 700mm and a weight of 780G. The overall appearance is triangular shape. The design concept is close to the theme of transmission, and the shape is fashionable and novel. The top of the torch is formed by the close integration of three flames, symbolizing that soldiers from all over the world gather together in China, igniting each other’s enthusiasm and building peace and friendship together; The entrance of the Great Wall, which is shaped by the entrance, encircles the top of the torch, the representative transmitted the concept of peaceful development to the whole world; The digital camouflage painting with Chinese red background is full of military and cultural characteristics; The circle at the bottom of the torch implies world peace and integration.
Wu Qian said that the military games specially produced the torch relay personnel clothing, including torch bearer clothing, escort runner clothing, and staff clothing, and formed the torch relay team.