On the morning of Dec 28, the commemorative sheet of stamps of the Chinese Marshals carried into the space by the Shenzhou VI spacecraft were solemnly presented to the relatives of the nine PRC marshals by the General Armaments Department of the PLA, and some of these sheet of stamps have been collected by the National Museum and the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, etc.

　　It happened to be the 50th anniversary of the PLA to confer military ranks to its officers and men this year. Thus, the Chinese Manned Space Program Office and the Chinese Philately General Company decided to jointly design and print the special commemorative sheet of stamps of the Chinese Marshals as special load of the Shenzhou VI spacecraft. The sheet of stamps later traveled in the space for 115 hours and 32 minutes along with the two heroic Chinese astronauts.

　　By Zhao Bo and Tang Zhenyu

　　(Dec.29, PLA Daily)