Chinese President Xi pays tribute to national heroes

BEIJING, Sept 30 : Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party and state leaders attended a ceremony on Wednesday to present flower baskets to fallen national heroes at Tian'anmen Square in central Beijing.

China observes September 30 as 'Martyrs Day', one day before National Day.

From Thursday, China will officially shut down for a week to celebrate the National Day holidays.

Since 'Martyrs' Day' was established in 2014, Xi, also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has joined other leaders in paying homage to fallen heroes on the day.

Nine large flower baskets were placed in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. (PTI)