March of the Volunteers
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The March of the Voluteers is the natonal anthem of the People's Republic of China (Hanyu Pinyin: Yiyongjun Jingxingqu) was adopted as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China in June of 1949 at a conference in Prague. It became the official anthem on 27 September 1949.
The lyrics were from a play by Tian Han. The song was by Nie Er, in 1935. The same song was used as the theme song to a Chinese film. Today, this song is the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, Macau, and Hong Kong.