93 years ago today, on June 30, 1932 (May 27, 1932), the Communist Party of China designated August 1 as Army Day. On June 30, 1932, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the Communist Party of China issued an order signed by Xiang Ying, the acting chairperson of the Military Commission, "On Deciding August 1 to be the Anniversary of the Establishment of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army", informing the whole army: "Since 1933, August 1 will be the Anniversary of the Establishment of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army." Subsequently, the Central People's Government Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic issued the "Resolution of the Central Government on the Commemorative Movement of the August 1 Uprising". The resolution "approves the proposal of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission to designate August 1 as the annual anniversary of the Red Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants, and to award battle flags to the regiments of the Red Army on the annual August 1 Memorial Festival, and to award medals to the responsible comrades who led the Nanchang riot and the commanders and combatants of the Red Army with special merits."