The New Party in Taiwan will send a delegation to visit the mainland from July 6 to 13, a Chinese central government spokesman said on Wednesday.
"This year is the 60th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The New Party will organize a delegation to visit the mainland from July 6 to 13 to mark the occasion," said Li Weiyi, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, at a routine press conference.
According to Li, the delegation will visit the cities of Guangzhou, Nanjing, Dalian and Beijing. In Guangzhou, the delegation will pay tribute to the Huanghuagang 72 Martyrs' Tombs,where 72 people killed in an abortive uprising to overthrow the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) were honored.
In Nanjing, the delegation will pay tribute to the Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, forerunner of China's democratic revolution, and visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre conducted by Japanese invading troops in World War II. In Beijing, the delegation will visit the Memorial Hall of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and have discussions with mainland scholars in a symposium.
(Xinhua News Agency June 29, 2005)
