China National Day Celebrations Broadcast live

Media Release

September 30  2009
 

60th People’s Republic of China National Day Celebrations Broadcast live for Wintec Students

Wintec is to stream live from China, the footage of the country’s  60th National Day celebrations.

The footage will be streamed  live from  the China National Day Parade for the benefit of the institute’s nearly 500 students from China and  Senior academic staff from Chengdu University in China, who are currently working with their Wintec counterparts in Hamilton.

The screening begins at 12:00 p.m. and ends at 5:00p.m. and will be shown in the large social lounge at Wintec’s city campus Gallagher Hub.

The People’s Republic of China  National Day was declared at three o'clock on October 1, 1949, in front of 300,000 people during a ceremony in Tian'anmen Square.  Chairman Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic and waved the first five-star PRC flag.

In past times, the day was marked by large political gatherings and speeches, military parades, state banquets and the like. Since 2000, as China's economy developed, the national holiday lasts seven days and most workers are given time off to visit relatives and take time for travelling.

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