A ceremony was held in Beijing to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the death of Sun Yat-sen on March 12, a renowned statesman who led a revolution that ended imperial rule in China. 

The ceremony in Zhongshan Park, named after Sun, was attended by representatives from all walks of life in Beijing. 

A moment of silence was observed before attendees showed their respect to Sun by bowing three times in front of a statue of Sun at 10:30 a.m. 

Floral baskets from the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (RCCK) Central Committee, the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the Beijing municipal government, and the Beijing municipal committee of the RCCK were presented to the statue. 

Sun was born in 1866 and died in 1925. He is known to the Chinese as a great revolutionary and statesman for his leading role during the 1911 Revolution, which ended more than 2,000 years of feudal rule in China. 

Zhang Qingli, vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, and Zheng Jianbang, vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and executive vice-chairman of the RCCK Central Committee, attended the ceremony.