New Party delegation arrives in Nanjing

The 30-member delegation of the New Party in Taiwan, headed by Chairman Yok Mu-ming, arrived in Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu Province, Thursday afternoon for the second leg of its eight-day mainland visit.

Upon his arrival at the Lukou Airport of Nanjing, Yok said the the delegation will mainly do two things in Nanjing: pay tribute to the Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, forerunner of the Chinese democratic revolution, and offer condolences at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre, an atrocity committed by Japanese invading troops in World War II.

The delegation was met at the airport by secretary-general of the Jiangsu provincial committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Zhao Shaolin.

The delegation arrived in Guangzhou Wednesday afternoon to begin the four-city mainland trip under the theme of commemorating the 60th anniversary of China's victory in the resistance war against Japanese aggression during World War II.

The delegation will also visit Dalian and Beijing.

Source: Xinhua