The PLA Daily carried an editorial yesterday entitled "Glorious heroic epic and everlasting spiritual monument---in commemoration of the 70^th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March".

　　The editorial states that the Long March is a strategic maneuver staged under compulsion by the Red Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China when the Party and the Red Army were staring at the grave crisis of life and death and the Chinese nation was in face of a critical moment of national crisis, a heroic undertaking full of daring accomplished by the Communist Party of China and the people's army led by it, a glorious epic imbued with the heroic struggles waged by the Chinese nation, and likewise a peerless spiritual monument towering in the revolutionary history of mankind.

　　The article further states that the victory of the Long March greatly impacted and boosted the course of history of the revolution in China, marking the great turning point from setbacks to victory for the Communist Party of China and the revolutionary cause of China. The victory of the Long March proclaimed stately to the world that the Communist Party of China and the people's army under it that were armed with Marxist theories and took deep root among the people of all nationalities of China were invincible. It composed a brand new chapter in our Party's history of solving momentous issues of the Chinese revolution independently, indicating that the Communist Party of China was getting matured, and heralding the dawn of the victory of China's revolution. The reason why the Long March spirit is able to survive history and outlast time and space lies in the facts that it epitomizes the nature and purpose of the Communist Party of China, gives full expression of the fine traditions and styles of work of the people's army, and heart-stirringly reflects the national spirit of the Chinese nation of keeping on fighting in spite of all setbacks and constantly striving to become stronger. No matter how the times change and how the society progresses, this kind of spirit will remain to be the rich, valuable and immense spiritual fortune of the Chinese nation.

　　The editorial ends up by highlighting that the people of all nationalities of China are, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, getting united to strive for building a strong, prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and modernized socialist country, while the national defense and army building are advancing in giant strides towards the new goals of development. Let us rally closely around the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Hu Jintao as the general secretary, hold high the great banners of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents", carry out and put into practice the scientific outlook on development, and strive indefatigably with one heart and one mind to compose a even more glorious and brilliant new page on the road of a new long march.

　　(Oct 23, PLA Daily)