Nie Er (FILE)

Nie Er (1912-1935), from Yuxi, Yunnan Province, participated in the performances of anti-Japanese operas in Peiping in 1932.

He joined the Communist Party of China in Shanghai in 1933. The song March of the Volunteers he composed for a film went on to become the Chinese national anthem.

Nie was drowned in Japan on July 17, 1935.