Another highlight involved more than 3,000 performers carrying light panels. They moved to portray different images as the panels changed, displaying images such as a huge national flag, the Great Wall and a white peace dove.

The panel technology had been used in other places for anniversary celebrations. For example, about 8,000 organic light-emitting diode panels were used during a gala entitled "Stride Forward, the Nation", at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday.