Guo Boxiong, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, Cao Gangchuan, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, state councilor and minister of national defense, and Xu Caihou, member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CPC and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, watched the large-scale modern drama Ballad of Loess produced by the Modern Drama Troupe of the PLA General Political Department in Beijing on the evening of December 20.

　　Liang Guanglie, Li Jinai, Liao Xilong, Chen Bingde, Zhang Dingfa and Jing Zhiyuan, members of the Central Military Commission, watched the drama together with them.

　　The modern drama Ballad of Loess won the only special honorary prize at the 9th China Opera Festival. The drama has painstakingly created a moving and appealing figure of a demobilized serviceman who decisively returned to his hometown after being demobilized to help and guide his folks to cast off poverty and to embark on the road of becoming prosperous, and to build new socialist villages. The drama vividly showcases the blood-and-flesh relationship between the Party and the people and has set up a good example for all the demobilized servicemen to learn from in terms of retaining the true color of servicemen, sharing the troubles and burdens of the Party, pioneering enterprises with diligent work and bringing genuine happiness to the people.

　　More than 500 representatives of officers and men of the units stationed in Beijing watched the performance.

　　(Dec.23, PLA Daily)