A monument in memory of a battle between the Chinese army and intruding Japanese troops in January 1933 was unveiled at the Xifengkou Gate of the Great Wall in north China's Hebei Province, Friday.

This year is the 60th anniversary of the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-45).

Zhou Tienong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and theCentral Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK) attended the unveiling ceremony.

The Great Wall was built up during a span of 2,000 years to fight foreign invaders.

According to records, on January 1, 1933, Japanese army launched a large-scale attack at the Shanhaiguan Pass, in an attempt to force their way into the interior areas from China's northeastern provinces that the Japanese had occupied since 1931.

In the following months, the Chinese and Japanese fought fiercely along a 1,000 kilometers section of the Great Wall.

On March 9, 500 Chinese troops had a major battle with the Japanese army. Only 20 of these brave soldiers returned alive. Two days later, the Chinese troops attacked the enemy again, killing and injuring 3,000 Japanese soldiers, and destroying more than 200 enemy motor vehicles.
 
(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2005)