Xi addresses V-Day reception, stressing justice, peace, people's strength

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan enter the banquet hall together with the foreign leaders and their spouses attending a reception commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended and addressed the reception. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)