Presidential Palace

An outing to the Presidential Palace is a great way to spend a day exploring the seat of past emperors and the Nationalist govement. The site includes the offices and residences of many top govemental officials, such as Chang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen. The informational placards and site descriptions are printed in four languages.
The Presidential Palace used to be the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Hong Xiuquan's Imperial Palace. Later, it was but down by the Qing Dynasty Army, with only the West Garden left standing. Dr Sun Yat-sen took the post of interim president at this site, and the presidential office building still remains. Before 1949, during the period of the Republic of China, it was used as the presidential palace. Today it is used as the seat of the Jiangsu People's Political Consultative Conference.