The National People’s Congress Standing Committee, the country’s top legislative body, ratified the decision on Friday.
The surrender ended Japan’s 50-year occupation of the island, which began in 1895 with the defeat of China’s Qing government in a conflict launched by Japan. The defeat forced the Qing government to cede Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Tokyo.
In 1949, the KMT fled to Taiwan after losing to the communists in China’s civil war.
“The restoration of Taiwan is an important outcome of the war of resistance and compelling proof of the Chinese government’s recovery of sovereignty over Taiwan,” the NPC was quoted as saying.
Establishing the commemoration day would “help underscore the indisputable historical fact that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China” and “strengthen the international community’s commitment to the one-China principle”, it added.
