Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day

Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day
The Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall pictured in 2017 with signs for Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day
Official name	National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre (南京大屠杀死难者国家公祭日)
Observed by	China
Date	13 December
Frequency	annual
First time	13 December 2014 (9 years ago) (2014-12-13)

The National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre^{[note 1]} is a national memorial day observed in China on 13 December annually in honor of the Chinese victims of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The observance draws attention to Japanese war crimes during this period.^[1] It was established in 2014 by the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress.^[1]

Although the memorial day is named after the Nanjing Massacre, its honorees are not limited to victims of that massacre. Instead the day is to commemorate all who were killed during the era of the Second Sino-Japanese War, including victims of the Nanjing Massacre, victims of chemical weapons, victims of biological warfare, victims of forced labor, comfort women, victims of the Three Alls Policy, and victims of indiscriminate bombing.^[2]

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