Hong Kong and Macao delegates engage in patriotic education at PLA Guards of Honor base in Beijing

About 1,200 delegates from Hong Kong and Macao, including students, officials and teachers, visited the base of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Guards of Honor in Beijing on Saturday as part of a five-day "Salute the National Flag" activity aimed at deepening patriotic education.

During the visit, the group toured the troops' living quarters, walked through the military history corridor, watched a video about the unit's overall development, and took part in hands-on drill training.

Pu Zhaoran, a student from Hong Kong's Sheung Shui Government Secondary School, said, "What I learned from this is that I need to work harder to catch up with them."

He is on his school's flag-raising team.

"After I return to Hong Kong, I will continue to improve my drill skills and apply the fine traditions of the PLA Guards of Honor to my daily life. Pulling the flag to the top of the pole looked simple, but it required following the beats of the national anthem to raise the flag safely within 19 pulls, without speeding up or slowing down.