China's National Anthem is a short march originating from a film produced in Shanghai in the 1930s. Also known as the 'Song of the Advancing Volunteer Army', it became the National Anthem of the PRC on September 27, 1949.

The anthem's composer, Nie Er, died in 1935 at age 25. The stirring lyrics were added in the 1940s by writer Tian Han, who also wrote the Peking Opera classic 'The Tale of the White Snake'.

Listen to the Anthem