China on Sunday marked the 81st anniversary of its restoration of Taiwan and noticed Taiwan Recovery Day, with commemorative occasions held throughout the Taiwan Strait to honor the shared historical past of resistance towards Japanese aggression and reaffirm requires nationwide reunification.
A symposium in Fuzhou, capital of east China’s Fujian Province, introduced collectively about 200 contributors, together with descendants of Taiwan’s anti-Japanese resistance fighters and revolutionary martyrs, younger folks from either side of the strait, representatives from Hong Kong, Macao and abroad communities, and consultants and students.
Song Tao, head of each the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, mentioned on the symposium that the institution of Taiwan Recovery Day underscored China’s agency resolve to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity and helped consolidate the worldwide consensus on upholding the one-China precept.
Song urged folks on either side of the strait to hold ahead the spirit of the Chinese folks’s resistance towards Japanese aggression and resolutely oppose “Taiwan independence” secessionism and overseas interference. He pledged agency help for patriots in Taiwan who help reunification and reaffirmed the mainland’s dedication to advancing nationwide reunification.
Hung Hsiu-chu, former chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang occasion and chairwoman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Cyan Geese Peace Education Foundation, mentioned folks on either side of the strait ought to carry ahead the spirit of those that defended the nation’s territory and work towards peaceable reunification.
Following its conflict towards China in 1894, Japan seized Taiwan and the Penghu Islands in 1895, subjecting Taiwan to 5 many years of colonial rule. Taiwan’s restoration in 1945 marked a hard-won victory within the Chinese folks’s resistance towards Japanese aggression throughout World War II and a defining second within the nation’s efforts to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In October 2025, China’s nationwide legislature designated October 25 as Taiwan Recovery Day.
In Beijing, the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League held a commemorative occasion on Saturday at a memorial sq. within the metropolis’s western suburbs. Participants noticed a second of silence, sang songs and laid flowers earlier than a monument measuring 14 meters lengthy and 4 meters excessive, paying tribute to those that sacrificed their lives for nationwide reunification.
Xu Yunchu, granddaughter of revolutionary martyr Zhu Feng, mentioned the historical past of Taiwan’s restoration demonstrated that Taiwan is an inalienable a part of China.
“Our territory must remain undivided, and our nation must remain united. Chinese on both sides of the strait should work together to safeguard the common homeland of the Chinese nation,” she mentioned.
Chen Wen-cheng, a younger participant from Taiwan, mentioned establishing Taiwan Recovery Day was vital in strengthening historic consciousness amongst folks in Taiwan and deepening emotional ties throughout the strait. He referred to as on youthful generations to protect their shared historic reminiscence and carry ahead the aspirations of their predecessors.
Other commemorative actions included the discharge in Beijing of a music video about Taiwan’s restoration, an exhibition in Shanghai that includes historic supplies on Taiwan folks’s resistance towards Japanese aggression, and a seminar in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, on the historical past and legacy of the Taiwan volunteer corps, a power shaped by patriotic Taiwan residents to withstand Japanese aggression throughout WWII.
China Post additionally issued a commemorative stamp marking Taiwan Recovery Day on Sunday. Featuring the Great Wall, Alishan and Sun Moon Lake, the stamp attracted robust curiosity from collectors at postal shops and on-line platforms throughout the mainland.
People from numerous sectors in China’s Taiwan area attend an occasion to mark the 81st anniversary of Taiwan’s restoration to China, October 25, 2026. /CMG
In Taiwan, representatives from greater than 20 teams gathered on Sunday on the Taipei Zhongshan Hall, the place a ceremony to just accept Japan’s give up in Taiwan Province of the China conflict theater of the Allied powers was held in 1945, marking the top of 5 many years of Japanese colonial rule.
Participants sang a tune commemorating Taiwan’s restoration and paid tribute to those that fought towards Japanese aggression earlier than a stone monument within the sq. exterior the corridor.
The commemorative occasion befell because the secessionist-minded Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan have conspicuously averted mentioning China’s victory within the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and China’s restoration of Taiwan, and repeatedly downplayed or whitewashed Japan’s colonial rule over the island.
Hsiung Yi, deputy secretary-general of the Reunification Alliance Party in Taiwan, mentioned Taiwan’s restoration is a shared historic reminiscence of all Chinese folks.
“History must not be forgotten. We must never erase the crimes committed by the aggressors. I hope more people in Taiwan will remember this day and the profound significance it carries,” Hsiung mentioned.
A Taipei resident surnamed Yu, whose household originated in east China’s Shandong Province, mentioned her father had typically reminded the household that “we are Chinese.” She attended the ceremony as a result of she was involved about inadequate media protection of the anniversary and wished to help efforts to protect historic reality.
Chi Hsing, who works with Taiwan-based journal The Observer, mentioned the joint commemorations on either side of the strait underscored that either side of the strait belong to an inseparable neighborhood with a shared future.
The ceremony concluded with representatives studying a joint assertion calling for remembrance of historical past, opposition to Japanese militarism, the preservation of peace and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Source: CGTN