China improves memorial facilities to mark victory against Japanese aggression

BEIJING -- From 2021 to 2025, China has newly built, renovated or extended 15 memorial halls, and upgraded the exhibitions of 68 memorial halls in commemoration of the country's victory against Japanese aggression.

With such efforts, a memorial hall system has been basically formed, said Sun Deli, deputy head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, at a press conference on Sunday on events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

More than 10,000 unmovable cultural relics and over 160,000 pieces or sets of movable relics themed around the war have been confirmed across China, Sun added.