Portrait photos of representatives of CPV veterans (19)

Photo taken on Oct. 13, 2020 shows Qian Sijie, veteran of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), in Beijing, capital of China. Qian was born in 1928. He entered the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a war correspondent in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea with the CPV army in 1951. On Oct. 19, 1950, as requested by the DPRK, CPV forces crossed the Yalu River to aid the DPRK's fight there until a truce was signed in 1953. A total of 2.9 million CPV soldiers entered the battlefield. Photographers from Xinhua took portrait photos of about 70 representatives of CPV veterans, as this year marks the 70th anniversary of the CPV entering the DPRK to fight in the war. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)