△北京隆重集会纪念‘七七’事变五十周年中国领导人和各界人士一千多人七月七日在全国政协礼堂集会,隆重纪念七七事变五十周年。中国社会科学院院长胡绳在会上讲话,他说,五十年前的七月七日,抗日战争开始的那一天是永远值得纪念的日子。七七事变是日本发动全面侵略中国的战争的一个标志,也是中国全民抗战的开始。当时面临亡国的危机,全国人民的抗日要求已形成不可抗拒之势;国民党最高领导人在中华民族面临生死存亡的关头,毅然改弦更张,接受共产党的建议,承认第二次国共合作,实行抗日战争。中国在八年的抗日战争中,牺牲了二千万人,财产损失达一千亿美元以上。中国付出了这样巨大的代价,赢得了胜利,这胜利既为中国的民族发展奠定了基 △ Beijing Grand Meeting to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Incident of July 7 Incident More than a thousand Chinese leaders and people from all walks of life gathered in the auditorium of the CPPCC National Committee on July 7 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Incident of July 7. Hu Sheng, president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, addressed the meeting. He said that on July 7, 50 years ago, the day when the war of resistance against Japan began was a memorable day. The Seventy-Seven Incident marks a symbol of Japan’s war on launching a comprehensive invasion of China and is also the beginning of the all-people resistance war in China. At that time, they faced the crisis of subjugating their country and the people throughout the country had formed an irresistible demand for resistance. The highest leader of the Kuomintang resolutely changed course and accepted the suggestions of the Communist Party and recognized the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the War of Resistance Against Japan. During the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, China sacrificed 20 million people and the property lost more than 100 billion U.S. dollars. China paid such a huge price and won the victory, which has laid a solid foundation for the development of China’s ethnic group