Memorial Monument to Premier Zhou Enlai in Jinghong

　　The park was built in 1985, funded by the Yunnan Tropical Crops Research Institute and designed by faculty and students from the Architecture Department of Tongji University in Shanghai, with construction carried out by the institute's engineering team according to the design. Covering an area of over 6,000 square meters, it consists of a descriptive monument, the Premier’s Inspection Monument, the Sino-Myanmar Premiers’ Meeting Monument, as well as auxiliary flower stands and lawns.

　　The Memorial Monument Park to Premier Zhou Enlai was established to commemorate the meeting between Premier Zhou and then Burmese Prime Minister U Nu on April 14, 1961, at the site of the park, and to honor Premier Zhou’s meetings with scientific and technical personnel as well as cadres and workers of the Tropical Crops Research Institute amidst the rubber plantation. It stands as a witness to the friendly exchanges between China and Myanmar.

　　Zhou Enlai (1898~1976)　　Zhou Enlai was a Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, politician, military strategist, and diplomat. He was one of the principal leaders of the Communist Party of China and the People’s Republic of China, one of the founders of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and Premier of the People’s Republic of China (1949–1976). Originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was born in Huai’an, Jiangsu. After graduating from Nankai School in Tianjin in 1917, he went to Japan to study. He returned to China in 1919, entered Nankai University in September, became a leader among Tianjin students during the May Fourth Movement, and co-founded the progressive group Enlightenment Society with other activists. In 1920, he went to France for work-study. He joined...... Details+