PLA navy to commemorate 120th anniversary of Jiawu War  

中国海军将举行甲午战争120周年海上祭奠仪式

中国海军与军事科学院联合举办的甲午战争120周年研讨会，将于27日至28日在海军88船举行。26日下午，海军在停泊于威海新港码头的88船上举行新闻发布会，海军新闻发言人邢广梅向媒体记者通报了此次研讨会和海上祭奠仪式活动的安排和有关情况。[查看全文]

Weihai (CNS) -- A memorial ceremony at sea will be held by the Chinese navy to mark the 120th anniversary of the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, commonly known in China as the Jiawu War, China News Service reported.

Navy spokeswoman Xing Guangmei on Tuesday disclosed the agenda for a war symposium to be held by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy and the Academy of Military Sciences on the navy's No.88 Ship, which is at anchor in Weihai, Shandong province.

A memorial ceremony will also be held in nearby sea areas to mark the anniversary, she added.

The symposium starts Wednesday and will last two days.

During the war between 1894 and 1895, Chinese sailors of the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty set forth from the port of Weihai to take on the invading Japanese fleet, but were defeated.

Jiawu refers to the year 1894, as named under the traditional sexagenary system of years. China's traditional calendar follows a sixty-year cycle. Both 1894 and 2014 are Jiawu years: the year of the wood horse.