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When is the national public holiday scheduled?

The National Day of Public Sacrifice was set on February 27th, 20th14th.

20 14 on February 27th, the 7th session of the 12th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) adopted a decision to designate 65438+February 13 every year as the national day for the victims of the Nanjing massacre.

National public holidays are a definite process:

1.Before 1980s, it was not enough for Chinese mainland to commemorate the Nanjing Massacre. Although the Nanjing Massacre was mentioned in newspapers and textbooks in the 1950s, there was a big gap between the 1960s and 1970s.

2. Starting from 1994, Jiangsu and Nanjing hold mourning ceremonies every year on 65438+February 13, including ringing peace bells and laying wreaths. But these are all at the local level.

3. In March 2005, at the National People's Congress, Zhao Long, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), submitted a proposal calling for holding a national public sacrifice every year from 65,438+February to 65,438+March, and for state leaders to participate in public sacrifice activities. At the same time, he also suggested that the memorial hall for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre be upgraded to a national memorial hall and declared as a "world cultural heritage".

4.20 12 In March, Zou Jianping, deputy to the National People's Congress, vice chairman of Nanjing CPPCC and president of Nanjing Art College, submitted a motion related to the Nanjing Massacre for the third time: holding a national public sacrifice on the anniversary of the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.

5. On the afternoon of February 25th, 2004, the 7th meeting of the 12th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) in China considered the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC)'s draft decision on establishing a national public holiday day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. Entrusted by the chairman's meeting, Li Shishi, director of the the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Law Committee, made a statement on the draft decision to the meeting.

6.20 14 On February 27th, the Seventh Session of the 12th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) adopted a decision to designate 65438+February 13 as the national day of public sacrifice for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.