[Playback] Xi delivers speech to mark PLA's 90th birthday

A grand gathering in celebration of the 90th birthday of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. [Photo: China Plus]

China held a grand gathering at the Great Hall of the People in celebration of the 90th birthday of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Tuesday.

A grand gathering in celebration of the 90th birthday of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. [Photo: China Plus]

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech.