Guangdong province held a ceremony at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou on the morning of November 13, 2026, to mark the 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen’s birth.
Huang Kunming, Guangdong’s Communist Party secretary, addressed the gathering. He referred to a national commemoration held the previous day, at which President Xi Jinping spoke, and called on the province to carry forward what he described as Sun’s legacy. Huang linked the commemoration to Guangdong’s development priorities, including public welfare, reform, opening up and innovation.
Huang also called for expanded economic, technological and cultural exchanges between Guangdong and Taiwan. He stated his support for the “peaceful reunification, one country, two systems” policy, the one-China principle and the “1992 Consensus.”
Governor Meng Fanli and provincial legislature chair Huang Chuping attended. Lin Keqing, chair of the provincial political consultative conference, presided over the ceremony. Attendees also included Sun’s relatives and representatives from overseas, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, according to the original report.
