HONG KONG, Aug. 25 (Xinhuanet)
-- "Giant of the Century" -- Exhibition to Commemorate the 100th
Anniversary of the Birth of Deng Xiaoping, was to be held here Thursday,
it was announced here in a press conference on Wednesday.
Pan Zhenzhou,
Curator of the National Museum of China, noted at the press conference
that 230 pictures and 80 exhibits featuring Deng will be put on the show
from Aug. 27 to Sept. 4.
There will also be a replica of Deng
Xiaoping's office in Beijing and a replica of "Xiaoping Road", the road
Deng used to stroll in Jiangxi, where he worked in a factory in the early
1970s at one of the lows of his political life.
The exhibition aims at introducing
Deng's life to the people of Hong Kong, commemorating his achievements,
enhancing the will of the people to build a better future for Hong Kong
and to accomplish the goal of reunification of the motherland, he
added.
The exhibition comprises of five
parts, namely Deng's military life, arduous exploration, the great
accomplishment, affection toward Hong Kong, and daily life
stories.
A delegation led by Sun Jiazheng,
China's Minister of Culture, as well as Deng's relatives, will attend the
opening ceremony of the exhibition at the Hong Kong Exhibition Center
Thursday afternoon.
