2016年CRI China commemorates 80th anniversary of Long March victory（在线收听）

China held a convention on Friday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Long March at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered a speech at the event.

The Long March was a military maneuver carried out by the Red Army of the CPC from 1934 to 1936.