Chairman James Soong of the People First Party (PFP) in Taiwan left Nanjing for Shanghai Saturday afternoon to begin the third leg of his nine-day mainland visit.

During his stay in Shanghai, Soong is expected to meet with senior officials of the Shanghai municipal committee of the Communist Party of China and Wang Daohan, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits.

In Nanjing, Soong and his delegation paid homage to the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), an outstanding forerunner of a revolution that overthrew the feudal monarchy and build up a democratic republic in China.

Soong and his delegation arrived in Xi'an on the afternoon of May 5 to begin their mainland trip. They are also scheduled to visit Changsha and Beijing before returning to Taiwan on May 13.

(Xinhua News Agency May 7, 2005)