World Red Cross Day, also called World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, is on May 8th, and it is an annual celebration of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and all the National Red Cross. The date is also the birthday of Henry Dunant, who is the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The first world war bring great pain to people, after the war the red cross of Czechoslovakia first initiative to organize the “red cross truce” activities, it was held to make the Red Cross humanitarian thoughts spread over the world, enhance friendship and cooperation between people, promote world peace and reduce the war. And this activity got universal praise and support from the International Committee of Red Cross. Since 1961, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies will put forward the World Red Cross Day theme. This year’s theme is “my Red Cross Story”. And according to that theme and the local situation, the National Red Cross all over the world will organize various forms of activities to celebrate the day.

五月八日是世界红十字日，其又称为世界红十字与红新月日，这一天是国际红十字会和红新月会联合会以及所有国家红十字会的年度纪念日。这一天也是红十字的创始人亨利*杜南的生日。第一次世界大战给人们带来了巨大痛苦，战后捷克斯洛伐克红十字会首先主动提出举办“红十字休战日”活动，这次活动向世界宣传红十字会的人道思想，增进各国人民之间的友谊与合作，促进世界和平，减少战争。这次活动也获得了国际红十字会的普遍赞扬和支持。从1961年开始，国际红十字会和红新月会联合协会还会提出当年的世界红十字日的主题，而各国各地的国家红十字会则会根据该主题和当地的实际情况来举办各种形式的活动。