On July 11, 1933, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic decided, on the recommendation of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission on June 30, to commemorate the founding of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants of China on August 1.
On June 15, 1949, the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission issued an order to use the word "81" as the main symbol of the flag and emblem of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the anniversary was renamed the Army Building Day of the People's Liberation Army.
中文翻译:
1933年7月11日,中华苏维埃共和国临时中央政府根据中央革命军事委员会6月30日的建议,决定8月1日为中国工农红军成立纪念日。
1949年6月15日,中国人民革命军事委员会发布命令,以“八一”两字作为中国人民解放军军旗和军徽的主要标志。中华人民共和国成立后,将此纪念日改称为中国人民解放军建军节。