The Soong Ching Ling Childrens Science Park is at Yuyuan Lake across from Yuyuan Park. This park offers a science hall and amusement park rides in a lovely natural setting. Cherry trees attract visitors in spring. The lake brings swans and wild ducks in the warmer months and swimmers year around.

In memory of Soong Ching Ling (Madame Sun Yat-sen, 1893-1981) late Honorary President of the People's Republic of China--considerd a patriot, democrat, internationalist, distinguished international statewoman, and one of the outstanding state leaders of the People's Republic of China--the Soong Ching Ling Foundation, a non-governmental institution bearing her name was established on May 29, 1982.

The Soong Ching Ling Children's Science and Technology Pavilion with a floor space of 1500 square meters, built in the Soong Ching Ling Children's Science Park, Beijing, was inaugurated on the International Children's Day of 1986.


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