Just like in the previous parades, the militia division also gave a splendid performance in this parade. The division was formed by representatives of workers, farmers, cadres and students from all over China.

Among them, many were military heroes who had won many battles in the old revolutionary bases such as those in the Taihang Mountains and Baiyangdian Lake. They had defeated enemies with guns, cannons and landmines they made themselves with indigenous methods during China's War of Resistance against the Japanese Aggression and China's War of Liberation. Equipped with new types of rifles, they marched across Tiananmen Square in high spirits, with neat, valiant strides.