Chinese Defence Minister General Cao Gangchuan (Left) toasts with Walter F.Ballen Pena (Right), military attache of Peru Embassy in China, in a reception held yesterday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing by the Ministry of Defence, to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), which falls on August 1. [newsphtoto.com.cn]

Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan (R) shakes hands with military attache of South Korea Embassy in China Joo Ho Tae in a reception held yesterday by the Ministry of Defence to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). [newsphtoto.com.cn]

Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (2nd from R) toasts with senior PLA officials in a reception held yesterday by the Ministry of Defence to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of PLA. [newsphoto.com.cn]