Ding Chaozhong, veteran of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), salutes in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 24, 2020. Ding was born in 1927. He entered the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to fight in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea with the CPV army in 1950. 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/Liu Xu)
