China's saluting artillery unit carries out mission outside Beijing for first time (1/5)

A 21-gun salute is fired in Shanghai at 4:53 p.m. on May 18, 2014 to welcome visiting Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, who is in Shanghai for the 4th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. It's the first time that China's saluting artillery unit carried out a mission outside Beijing. [Photo/China Military Online]