The press center of Commemoration of 80th Anniversary of Victory in Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War holds a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2025. Ma Feixiong, vice minister of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, and Sun Deli, deputy head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, introduced newly designated memorial facilities and historical sites related to the War of Resistance, and a new list of heroes from the war at the press conference. The officials also provided updates on efforts to protect and preserve such facilities and sites, as well as war relics, and took questions from journalists. (Xinhua/Li He)

BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- From 2021 to 2025, China has newly built, renovated or extended 15 memorial halls, and upgraded the exhibitions of 68 memorial halls in commemoration of the country's victory against Japanese aggression.

With such efforts, a memorial hall system has been basically formed, said Sun Deli, deputy head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, at a press conference on Sunday on events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

More than 10,000 unmovable cultural relics and over 160,000 pieces or sets of movable relics themed around the war have been confirmed across China, Sun added. ■