Troops are in full preparation this morning at the Zhurihe Training Base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as a military parade is to be held at 9 am today to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). /Xinhua News Agency

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the event. /Xinhua News Agency

On August 1, 1927, armed forces led by the Communist Party of China organized an uprising in Nanchang against the Kuomintang in eastern Jiangxi Province. /Xinhua News Agency

The day was later designated as the founding day of the PLA. /Xinhua News Agency

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