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BEIJING, July 30-- The grand parade on Sunday demonstrated the military's resolute loyalty to the Communist Party of China (CPC), who is determined to build a strong army. President Xi Jinping reviewed the armed forces Sunday morning as part of the commemorations to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which falls on Aug. 1. More than 12,000 service personnel from the army, navy, air force, armed police as well as the newly formed rocket force and strategic support troops, took part in the parade at Zhurihe military training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. "The PLA has the confidence and capability to defeat all invading enemies and safeguard China's national sovereignty, security and development interests," said Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). In his speech, Xi reviewed the PLA's glorious history of development, and urged to build the PLA into a world-class military under new circumstances. One of the major reasons that China suffered repeated oppression, humiliation and invasions in modern history was the lack of a strong army. Ninety years ago, the people's army was founded in the August 1 Nanchang Uprising (1927), which marked the beginning of the CPC's independent leadership of the revolutionary war. During the past 90 years, the PLA has been following the absolute leadership of the CPC, whole-heartedly serving the people, and has made outstanding meritorious deeds for the nation. | 
