Infantry takes part in the parade in Beijing on Oct 1, 1949. The 1949 parade, the first grand parade of People's Liberation Army, was the first military ceremony after the founding of the People's Republic of China. [Photo/IC]

　　Soldiers from PLA's Naval Academy walk past the gate tower at Tian'anmen Square in the 1950 parade. [Photo/Xinhua]

　　PLA paratroops take part in the parade in 1951. [Photo/Xinhua]

　　Cavalry unit of PLA in 1952. [Photo/Xinhua]

　　Army, Navy and Air Force members at the parade in 1953. [Photo/IC]

　　Infantry passes the gate tower of Tian'anmen Square in 1954. [Photo/Xinhua]

　　Army of rocket artillery passes through Tian'anmen Square on Oct 1, 1955. The 1955 parade was the first after PLA implemented the military rank system, which not only proclaimed the end of 'army with no general' rule but marked a new step in the regularized formation of PLA. [Photo/IC]

　　Nearly 12,000 soldiers took part in the parade in 1956 in heavy rain. [Photo/IC]

　　Tank units of PLA wait for the start of the parade in 1957. [Photo/Xinhua]

　　Female infantry passes through Tian'anmen Square in 1958. It was the first time that women took part in the parade. [Photo/Xinhua]

　　Airborne troops take part in the parade in 1959. [Photo/Xinhua]

　　Female infantry unit at Tian'anmen Square in 1984. [Photo/IC]

　　Marine unit marches in the parade in 1999. [Photo/Xinhua]

　　Pilot cadets march through the Tian'anmen Square in 2009. [Photo/Xinhua]