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This year's military parade features for the first time the Chinese United Nations peacekeeping force, which is led by Major Generals Xu Youze and Ma Baochuan. Wearing blue berets and camouflaged uniforms, soldiers from this formation were drawn from the troops of various peacekeeping missions. Many of its officers and soldiers have been to Lebanon, Mali and other countries to carry out international peacekeeping operations organized by the UN.