Sun Yat-sen's birthday marked in Beijing

A ceremony was held in Beijing's Zhongshan Park on Monday to mark the 141st anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, "the father of modern China."

The celebration was presided over by Wang Zhongyu, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Flower baskets were laid down in front of a statue of Sun Yat-sen by Li Guixian, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, He Luli, chairperson of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, Lou Zhihao, deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Beijing Vice-Mayor Sun Anmin, Xinhua news agency reports.

Also present at the event were vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Han Qide, as well as the vice chairpersons of the CPPCC National Committee.

Sun Yat-sen was born in 1866 in Zhongshan City in south China's Guangdong Province. He died in Beijing on March 12, 1925 after succumbing to liver cancer.