KMT leader Cheng Li-wun pays tribute to Sun Yat-sen at cenotaph in Beijing

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, visits the Biyun Temple together with a KMT delegation at Fragrant Hills in the western suburbs of Beijing, capital of China, April 11, 2026. Cheng led the delegation on Saturday to pay tribute to Sun Yat-sen, a great forerunner of China's democratic revolution, at the cenotaph in Biyun Temple in Beijing. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, led a KMT delegation on Saturday to pay tribute to Sun Yat-sen, a great forerunner of China's democratic revolution, at the cenotaph in Beijing.

The cenotaph is located in Biyun Temple at Fragrant Hills in the western suburbs of Beijing. Sun, a founding figure of the KMT and a revered revolutionary leader who played a pivotal role in overthrowing imperial rule in China, died in 1925 in Beijing. His remains were kept in the temple before being transferred to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing in 1929.

At around 9 a.m., the delegation arrived at the temple. In a memorial hall dedicated to Sun, the delegation bowed three times in front of a full-length white marble statue of Sun and then visited the cenotaph to pay their respects.

The delegation members included three KMT vice-chairpersons -- Lee Chien-lung, Chang Jung-kung and Hsiao Hsu-tsen.

Cheng is the first KMT chairperson to have led a delegation to the Chinese mainland in the past decade. The visit runs from Tuesday to Sunday. The delegation had visited Jiangsu Province and Shanghai before coming to Beijing.

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, presents flower baskets to the statue of Sun Yat-sen together with a KMT delegation at the Memorial Hall of Sun Yat-sen in Biyun Temple at Fragrant Hills in the western suburbs of Beijing, capital of China, April 11, 2026. Cheng led the delegation on Saturday to pay tribute to Sun Yat-sen, a great forerunner of China's democratic revolution, at the cenotaph in Biyun Temple in Beijing. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, pays tribute to Sun Yat-sen together with a KMT delegation at the cenotaph located in Biyun Temple at Fragrant Hills in the western suburbs of Beijing, capital of China, April 11, 2026. Cheng led the delegation on Saturday to pay tribute to Sun Yat-sen, a great forerunner of China's democratic revolution, at the cenotaph in Beijing. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)