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China is preparing for the 60th anniversary (37 photos)
Chinese citizens and the government for several months preparing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, which will take place on October 1. Some areas of the Chinese capital several times overlap rehearsal of a military parade, art performances and shows, fireworks and more. When preparing a lot of attention paid to safety of both people and equipment.
1. Workers repair the statue of the late political leader Mao Zedong at Huazhong University of Science 16 September 2009. Throughout the city workers update and repair the statues and monuments, in preparation for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC on October 1.
Chinese government workers dressed in traditional costumes take part in the competition of patriotic songs in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday 17 September, 2009. (AP Photo)
The chef prepares a cake in the form of the Beijing Tiananmen Gate in Suininge, Sichuan Province, Sept. 18, 2009, the eve of the 60-year-old China. (REUTERS / Stringer)
National Grand Theater in downtown Beijing September 17, 2009. The theater building is illuminated by colored lights on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)
Tanks Chinese People's Liberation Army are ready to go to the main east-west road, Avenue of Heavenly Peace in Beijing September 18, 2009, during a rehearsal for the parade on October 1, which will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. Flooded street security, driving a civilian route which will be a parade through the heart of the city near Tiananmen Square. (GOH CHAI HIN / AFP / Getty Images)
A man rides a bicycle past the pillars of national unity, which were decorated in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC in China on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on 17 September 2009. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)
Parade participants rehearse celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC on the outskirts of Beijing, China September 16, 2009. Official events will be held October 1 in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. (AP Photo)
Chinese tank goes to Tiananmen Square where a rehearsal celebration of the 60th anniversary of China on Friday 18 September, 2009. The authorities have blocked most of central Beijing to conduct a rehearsal parade. (AP Photo / Elizabeth Dalziel)
Chinese military trucks parked on the street near Tiananmen Square during a rehearsal of the ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of China in Beijing, China, on Friday 18 September, 2009. (Nelson Ching / Bloomberg)
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army rehearsing musical drama in the House of the People in Beijing September 17, 2009. Musical drama is part of celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China, which will be held in October. (REUTERS / China Daily)
Participants future parade rehearse in one of the scenery in Beijing September 16, 2009. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
Policeman container for protection from explosive materials costs in a subway station in Beijing on 19 August 2009. Beijing police tightens security on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, which will be held on October 1, carefully patrolling the city. (LIU JIN / AFP / Getty Images)
A worker rests on a chair before the rehearsal of the cantata on Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai September 16, 2009. (REUTERS / Aly Song)
Workers assemble decorations in the form of boats for the parade near the center of Beijing on 27 August 2009. China began to strengthen security measures to prevent any disturbances in honor of the day, 60 years ago when Mao Zedong declared the founding of the PRC. (AFP / AFP / Getty Images)
Paramilitary policemen take part in the swearing-in ceremony, to provide security on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC in Beijing September 1, 2009. (REUTERS / Joe Chan)
Workers sew national flags at a factory on the outskirts of Beijing, September 4, 2009. Demand for flags has increased particularly in the run-up to the national holiday. (REUTERS / China Daily)
Members of the choir, by up to 10 thousand people, rehearsing a patriotic song in the gym in Beijing, China, on Wednesday August 26, 2009. (AP Photo)
Parade participants stand in formation on a wide street leading to Tiananmen Square in Beijing during a rehearsal of August 29, 2009. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)
Woman making a frame for a traditional lantern in the workshop in the village on the outskirts of Beijing Hongmiao September 1, 2009. Villagers produce tens of thousands of lanterns to be used in a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)
Newly married couple photographed in front of Tiananmen Gate September 8, 2009 in Beijing, China. It is expected that the national holiday will be held a lot of weddings. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
Members of the Air Battalion China marching during a parade rehearsal in Beijing September 10, 2009. (LIU JIN / AFP / Getty Images)
Chinese soldiers march to camp and spend in Beijing, China, on Thursday 10 September, 2009. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
One of the women fighter pilots of the first class are ready to sit at the wheel of his plane during a test of the new equipment made specifically for women in the military base of the PLA in Peknie August 30, 2009. Pilots will debut at the parade on the day of the holiday. China could send into space its first woman in 2012, and the candidates will be selected from this group. (AFP / AFP / Getty Images)
Chinese hairdresser Huang Xin works on his latest masterpiece - a model of the National Museum of China, made of human hair in her salon in Beijing September 9, 2009. Huang 2008 uses human hair to play small copies of famous buildings in China, such as the Tiananmen Gate and Hall of the People. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, the soldiers are taking part in exercises in preparation for a military parade at the airport in the People's Liberation Army in Beijing on Thursday, September 3, 2009. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Li Gang)
Women from the Chinese police are preparing to march during a rehearsal parade in Beijing September 7, 2009. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
And the disciples did the national flag of the country of handprints on the canvas in a public school Jinan, Shandong Province, September 4, 2009. (REUTERS / Stringer)
Officer catches the pin on the collar of the militarized police, that he kept his head even while training in Hefei, Anhui Province, Sept. 13, 2009. (REUTERS / Stringer)
Female police officers on horseback standing in line in front of the World exhibition center in the port city of Dalian in China September 11, 2009. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)
Huge moving scenery with the Chinese space program is moving towards Tiananmen Square for the dress rehearsal of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of China in Beijing on Friday 18 sentbrya 2009. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
Thousands of participants rehearse parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 12, 2009. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
Students of the school of martial arts jump on special stilts with springs on a huge national flag during a rehearsal of the celebration of the PRC in school Dengfeng in Henan province September 16, 2009. (REUTERS / Donald Chan)
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army dance during a rehearsal of the musical drama entitled "The Road revival" in the House of the People in Beijing September 14, 2009. (REUTERS / China Daily)
Thousands of participants rehearse in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 12, 2009. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
Chinese military singers take part in the chorus of patriotic songs in which there are up to 10,000 participants in the gym in Beijing, China, Wednesday 26 August, 2009. (AP Photo)
A couple kissing on the background of lights that lit the workers to check on the Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square September 8, 2009 in Beijing. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
The man decided to cut out on his head Tiananmen Gate to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, Sept. 15, 2009. (REUTERS / Donald Chan)
1. Workers repair the statue of the late political leader Mao Zedong at Huazhong University of Science 16 September 2009. Throughout the city workers update and repair the statues and monuments, in preparation for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC on October 1.
Chinese government workers dressed in traditional costumes take part in the competition of patriotic songs in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday 17 September, 2009. (AP Photo)
The chef prepares a cake in the form of the Beijing Tiananmen Gate in Suininge, Sichuan Province, Sept. 18, 2009, the eve of the 60-year-old China. (REUTERS / Stringer)
National Grand Theater in downtown Beijing September 17, 2009. The theater building is illuminated by colored lights on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)
Tanks Chinese People's Liberation Army are ready to go to the main east-west road, Avenue of Heavenly Peace in Beijing September 18, 2009, during a rehearsal for the parade on October 1, which will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. Flooded street security, driving a civilian route which will be a parade through the heart of the city near Tiananmen Square. (GOH CHAI HIN / AFP / Getty Images)
A man rides a bicycle past the pillars of national unity, which were decorated in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC in China on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on 17 September 2009. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)
Parade participants rehearse celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC on the outskirts of Beijing, China September 16, 2009. Official events will be held October 1 in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. (AP Photo)
Chinese tank goes to Tiananmen Square where a rehearsal celebration of the 60th anniversary of China on Friday 18 September, 2009. The authorities have blocked most of central Beijing to conduct a rehearsal parade. (AP Photo / Elizabeth Dalziel)
Chinese military trucks parked on the street near Tiananmen Square during a rehearsal of the ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of China in Beijing, China, on Friday 18 September, 2009. (Nelson Ching / Bloomberg)
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army rehearsing musical drama in the House of the People in Beijing September 17, 2009. Musical drama is part of celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China, which will be held in October. (REUTERS / China Daily)
Participants future parade rehearse in one of the scenery in Beijing September 16, 2009. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
Policeman container for protection from explosive materials costs in a subway station in Beijing on 19 August 2009. Beijing police tightens security on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, which will be held on October 1, carefully patrolling the city. (LIU JIN / AFP / Getty Images)
A worker rests on a chair before the rehearsal of the cantata on Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai September 16, 2009. (REUTERS / Aly Song)
Workers assemble decorations in the form of boats for the parade near the center of Beijing on 27 August 2009. China began to strengthen security measures to prevent any disturbances in honor of the day, 60 years ago when Mao Zedong declared the founding of the PRC. (AFP / AFP / Getty Images)
Paramilitary policemen take part in the swearing-in ceremony, to provide security on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC in Beijing September 1, 2009. (REUTERS / Joe Chan)
Workers sew national flags at a factory on the outskirts of Beijing, September 4, 2009. Demand for flags has increased particularly in the run-up to the national holiday. (REUTERS / China Daily)
Members of the choir, by up to 10 thousand people, rehearsing a patriotic song in the gym in Beijing, China, on Wednesday August 26, 2009. (AP Photo)
Parade participants stand in formation on a wide street leading to Tiananmen Square in Beijing during a rehearsal of August 29, 2009. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)
Woman making a frame for a traditional lantern in the workshop in the village on the outskirts of Beijing Hongmiao September 1, 2009. Villagers produce tens of thousands of lanterns to be used in a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)
Newly married couple photographed in front of Tiananmen Gate September 8, 2009 in Beijing, China. It is expected that the national holiday will be held a lot of weddings. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
Members of the Air Battalion China marching during a parade rehearsal in Beijing September 10, 2009. (LIU JIN / AFP / Getty Images)
Chinese soldiers march to camp and spend in Beijing, China, on Thursday 10 September, 2009. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
One of the women fighter pilots of the first class are ready to sit at the wheel of his plane during a test of the new equipment made specifically for women in the military base of the PLA in Peknie August 30, 2009. Pilots will debut at the parade on the day of the holiday. China could send into space its first woman in 2012, and the candidates will be selected from this group. (AFP / AFP / Getty Images)
Chinese hairdresser Huang Xin works on his latest masterpiece - a model of the National Museum of China, made of human hair in her salon in Beijing September 9, 2009. Huang 2008 uses human hair to play small copies of famous buildings in China, such as the Tiananmen Gate and Hall of the People. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, the soldiers are taking part in exercises in preparation for a military parade at the airport in the People's Liberation Army in Beijing on Thursday, September 3, 2009. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Li Gang)
Women from the Chinese police are preparing to march during a rehearsal parade in Beijing September 7, 2009. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
And the disciples did the national flag of the country of handprints on the canvas in a public school Jinan, Shandong Province, September 4, 2009. (REUTERS / Stringer)
Officer catches the pin on the collar of the militarized police, that he kept his head even while training in Hefei, Anhui Province, Sept. 13, 2009. (REUTERS / Stringer)
Female police officers on horseback standing in line in front of the World exhibition center in the port city of Dalian in China September 11, 2009. (REUTERS / Jason Lee)
Huge moving scenery with the Chinese space program is moving towards Tiananmen Square for the dress rehearsal of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of China in Beijing on Friday 18 sentbrya 2009. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
Thousands of participants rehearse parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 12, 2009. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
Students of the school of martial arts jump on special stilts with springs on a huge national flag during a rehearsal of the celebration of the PRC in school Dengfeng in Henan province September 16, 2009. (REUTERS / Donald Chan)
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army dance during a rehearsal of the musical drama entitled "The Road revival" in the House of the People in Beijing September 14, 2009. (REUTERS / China Daily)
Thousands of participants rehearse in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 12, 2009. (STR / AFP / Getty Images)
Chinese military singers take part in the chorus of patriotic songs in which there are up to 10,000 participants in the gym in Beijing, China, Wednesday 26 August, 2009. (AP Photo)
A couple kissing on the background of lights that lit the workers to check on the Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square September 8, 2009 in Beijing. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
The man decided to cut out on his head Tiananmen Gate to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, Sept. 15, 2009. (REUTERS / Donald Chan)
