President visits Mao Zedong’s hometown, pays tribute at Statue Square

SHAOSHAN (HUNAN) , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point news - 28th Apr, 2026) President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday visited Shaoshan, the hometown of Chairman Mao Zedong, where he laid a wreath at the statue of China’s revolutionary leader at Statue Square and paid tribute to him.

The president was received by Li Jiyang, Senior party leader of Xiangtan People’s Congress and Zhang Xihui, Director of the Shaoshan Administration Bureau of Hunan Province, who apprised him of the life and struggle of Chairman Mao Zedong, highlighting his early years in Shaoshan and the influences that shaped his political thought.

He was also briefed on the role of the memorial institutions in preserving historical material and promoting public understanding of China’s revolutionary history.

Following the wreath-laying ceremony, President Zardari visited the Mao Zedong Memorial Museum, where he was briefed on the life, thought and political legacy of the founding leader of the People’s Republic of China.

He reviewed historical artefacts, archival material and exhibits documenting key phases of China’s revolutionary history.

President Zardari paid tribute to Chairman Mao Zedong’s role in China’s historical transformation and acknowledged his contribution to the country’s struggle, unity and development.

He noted that the preservation of such sites offered insight into the forces that shaped modern China and underscored the importance of historical memory in national progress.

President Zardari was accompanied, among others, by Senator Saleem Mandviwalla; Sindh senior minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, Ali Hassan Brohi; Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Sindh for Investment and Public-Private Partnership Projects; Chief Secretary Sindh; China’s Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong; and Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Khalil Hashmi.