File: Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) holds a grand military parade at Zhurihe training base in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. /XinhuaChinese
Editor's note:Djoomart Otorbaev is the former Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, a distinguished professor of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, and a member of Nizami Ganj
China's Army Day falls on Aug. 1. As the top commander, President Xi Jinping has been leading efforts to modernize national defense and the armed forces, and turn the