At 9:30 a.m. on October 9, a large-scale literary and artistic performance of "celebrating the National Day, raising the national flag, singing the national anthem and celebrating civilization" was held at Zhuge Liang Square in Xiangyang City.

Since the beginning of the new journey to become a civilized city in China, the enthusiasm of citizens to make it experienced an unprecedented upsurge, giving birth to a series of excellent programmes with distinct local elements such as Welcome to Xiangyang, It Involves You, Them, and Us for Xiangyang to Become a Civilized City, Enchanting Mum in Xiangyang City, I Endorse the Big Beauty Xiangyang, Our Xiangyang Is Really Beautiful and so on, which celebrate the brilliant achievements of the effort "To Become a Civilized City".