Soong Ching Ling was Dr. Sun Yatsen's wife. She was the honorary chairwoman of the People's Republic of China. Her former residence, a western-style garden villa, is located at 1843 Huaihai Road, Middle. Since 1948, Soong Ching Ling had been living and working in her shanghai residence here. On May 29, 1981,she moved to Beijing at her age of 90. 

She was first buried in the International Cemetery in the Soong Family graveyard on Hongqiao Road, Shanghai. Later the graveyard was extended and built into a mausoleum. In fornt of her tomb is the memorial square, in which a marble statue of Soong Ching Ling was erected. On a granite memorial tablet is carved the inscription by Deng Xiaoping: 'Eternal glory to Comrade Soong Ching Ling, a patriot, a democrat, an internationalist and a communist fighter'.