It is the 65th anniversary of victory in Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War on Sep. 3, 2010. The Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War is the first complete victory for the Chinese people’s cause of liberation against foreign invasion in the nation’s modern history. The Communist Party of China performed great historic feats in advocating and establishing domestic national united front of against Japan as well as developing a war of total resistance by the whole nation, and finally won the victory. The Party Central Committee attaches great importance to the activities for the 65th anniversary of victory in Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War. According to the requirements of the Ministry of Culture, the Department of Arts and National Art Museum of China jointly organize and plan the exhibition on special subject of “Victory Belongs to the People--Arts Exhibition in Honor of the 60th Anniversary of Victory in Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War”, so as to carry forward the Chinese people’s patriotic spirit, enhance the Chinese people's national self-esteem, self-confidence and the sense of pride, staunchly insist on the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, realize the common cause of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and promote world peace and development.

Nearly 100 works will be shown in the exhibition, including the works of fine art with a subject of Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War held in the National Art Museum of China, and the important works collected by major art institutes and individuals. The works of fine art, reflecting the subject of Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War in the time of the War and various periods after the funding of the People's Republic of China, are researched and combed in the exhibition from the view of art history under the guide of dialectical historical materialism. The exhibition falls into three parts by its contents, i.e., national disaster, fighting shoulder to shoulder, and light of victory. The first part mainly exhibits the disasters brought by the war and historical crises, showing the choice of fate faced by China in the time of internal revolt and external invasion. The second part mainly exhibits the unity of Chinese soldiers and people against Japan, showing the confidence of the Chinese people in the War, and strong will and cohesion of the Chinese people for fighting shoulder to shoulder. The third part mainly exhibits the subject that the Chinese people finally obtained the victory of the War and realized the national liberation after up to 14 years of hard and bitter fighting.

The exhibition gives a full description of the total resistance by the whole nation after the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, and of the fighting activities against Japan under the leadership of the Communist Party of China after the September 18th Incident in1931. It highlights the heroic struggle in both the front-line battlefield and the back-line battlefield, and reveals that the Communist Party of China played a role of a tower of strength in the total resistance by the whole nation while uniting all classes and levels against Japan.