Statue of Soong Ching-ling Erected in Shanghai

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Statue of Soong Ching-ling Erected in Shanghai

A white marble statue of Soong Ching-ling, the former honorary president of China, has been erected in Shanghai to mark the 110th anniversary of her birth.

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A white marble statue of Soong Ching-ling, the former honorary president of China, has been erected in Shanghai to mark the 110th anniversary of her birth.

The 2.3-meter-high statue of a smiling Soong sitting in a cane chair at her former residence in Shanghai went on display on Monday, the anniversary day.

Soong devoted her life to the liberation of China and worked for women and children, said Chen Tiedi, chairman of the Standing Committee of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, at the unveiling ceremony.

"She will live in our hearts forever," Chen said.

Soong, born in Shanghai in 1893, was an outstanding stateswomanand a renowned activist in public affairs. Her name was not only connected with Dr. Sun Yat Sen and his cause, but also with the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the revolutionary cause of the CPC.

She made great contributions to the reunification of the motherland, to the construction of China's socialist modernization,to the welfare of Chinese women and children and to world peace.

Soong died in 1981.

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