On July 16, the Chinese Embassy to Hungary held a reception to celebrate the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Ambassador Gong Tao attended the event with diplomats from the embassy. More than 300 guests attended the reception, including officials from the Hungarian government and the Defence Forces, members of the diplomatic and military attachés corps accredited to Hungary, Chinese compatriots in Hungary and friends from different sectors.

In his speech, Senior Colonel Zhu Yuxing, the Defence  Attachés of the embassy, stated that this year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Over the past century and more, the CPC has united and led the Chinese people in writing the most magnificent epic in the millennia-long history of the Chinese nation. He noted that the people’s armed forces, under the leadership of the CPC, has achieved immortal feats along its journey and is about to complete a glorious century-long history. A strong Chinese armed forces remain a steadfast force in maintaining world peace and stability, as well as in serving the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Senior Colonel Zhu Yuxing reviewed the historical stories of exchanges between the Chinese and Hungarian armed forces and emphasized that China is willing to work together with the new Hungarian government to continuously consolidate the traditional friendship between the two countries and armed forces, and to expand and deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields.

Guests highly praised China’s development achievements and the active contributions made by the Chinese People's Liberation Army to maintaining world peace.