Chinese Consul General in Penang Zhou Youbin Attends the Symposium to Commemorate the 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Sun Yat-sen

On November 5, the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Penang held the Symposium to Commemorate the 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Sun Yat-sen, together with Penang Philomathic Union Society and Han Chiang University College of Communication. Consul General Zhou Youbin delivered a keynote speech. Also present were 6 speakers including local scholars and leaders of the overseas Chinese associations, and more than 60 representatives from Malaysia’s political sector, Chinese society, and Chinese-funded enterprises and international students.

Zhou said, Sun Yat-sen has made historic contributions to the Chinese nation, and has always firmly safeguarded national unity. The overseas Chinese of Penang has devoted themselves to the Chinese modern revolution led by Sun Yat-sen, and their noble spirit deserves further study and carrying forward. The fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China called for persevering with full and rigorous Party self-governance for steady and long-term advance in the cause of Party and the country, which will motivate China to make greater accomplishments and work with other countries to build a community with a shared future for humanity.

The speakers mentioned the revolutionary deeds of Sun Yat-sen and his supporters in Penang, Singapore and Europe to cherish the memory of revolutionary pioneers and carry forward the spirit of the great figure, Sun Yat-sen, through the symposium.