 (中華民國萬歲)) at the end of the addresses by the president of the Republic of China was not held for the first time in 2016.It was also the very year that fire and police services joined the parade for the first time in history, breaking a tradition of a purely-military parade to include personnel from civil uniformed services.List of Republic of China National Day Parades

Until 1991, following the opening report, and as the joint service honor guard marches off, the massed military bands of the ROCAF, led by the Senior Drum Major, then will have to take their positions as the guard of honor left the grandstand with the bands playing the ROCAF March, a medley of the official songs of the service branches of the armed forces.