Guangdong commemorates 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth

The best way to honor Sun Yat-sen is to learn from, inherit, and promote his valuable spirit by building a strong nation and achieving national rejuvenation, according to Huang Kunming, Party chief of Guangdong province.

"The people of Guangdong feel proud and honored to have such a great figure of the century," said Huang, during a conference commemorating the 160th anniversary of Sun's birth.

The conference was held at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on Friday in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong.

Sun, one of the nation's revered revolutionary forefathers, was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, in 1866, and led the Revolution of 1911, which ended thousands of years of imperial rule in China. He died in 1925.

"We should make Sun's hometown more beautiful and prosperous, and improve the happiness and well-being of the people in Guangdong," said Huang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Huang also called for inheriting and carrying forward Sun's spirit of progressing, to continuously advance reform, opening-up, and innovation to create new and greater miracles that will once again impress the world.