GUANGZHOU, July 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Yok Mu-ming, chairman of the New Party in Taiwan, arrived in Guangzhou at 14:40 Wednesday to begin an eight-day mainland visit.

    Yok said the New Party has followed the footsteps of Chinese Kuomintang Chairman Lien Chan and People First Party leader James Soong to visit the mainland to commemorate the 60th anniversary of China's victory over the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

    "Memories of the past occurring to us at this historic moment,"he said upon arrival at the Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou. "These memories remind us that we must be united."

    Yok said the New Party has named the mainland tour a "journey of the Chinese nation", meaning they stand for the Chinese nation and will pursue the prosperity of the Chinese nation.

    The 30-member delegation have chosen Guangzhou as the first step of their mainland tour.

    "We'll pay tribute to the Huanghuagang 72 Martyrs' Tombs and look back on the righteousness and heroism of that generation of Chinese youth," said Yok. "We hope the young people of today will not forget the country's plight of the past and its hopes of the future."

    The Huanghuagang Tombs, an important place of historic interestin Guangzhou, were built to honor 72 Martyrs killed in an abortiveuprising to overthrow the imperial Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

    The mainland tour, from July 6 to 13, will also take Yok and his delegation to Nanjing, Dalian and Beijing. Enditem