Dignitaries attend a commemorative event to mark the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, in Hong Kong, on Sept 23, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - A commemorative event was held Thursday in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to mark the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, which hastened the end of feudal rule in China.

About 500 dignitaries attended the event, including officials from the SAR government and the central authorities, representatives from all walks of life in Hong Kong, descendants of the sages of the revolution, and relevant experts and scholars.

The event, jointly organized by the Hong Kong Association for Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China and the Hong Kong Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations, is part of a series of activities to commemorate the revolution.

The Xinhai Revolution, or 1911 Revolution, began on Oct 10, 1911 with an armed uprising and ended the imperial rule of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It led to a republican government, and planted the ideas of democracy and equality in the minds of the Chinese people.

A video showing Mao Zedong (on screen, third from left), the late chairman of the Communist Party of China, is played during a commemorative event to mark the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, in Hong Kong, on Sept 23, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, speaking in the capacity of the chief executive as Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is on her visit on the mainland, gives a speech at the commemorative event to mark the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, in Hong Kong, on Sept 23, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN / CHINA DAILY)

Liu Jieyi, head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, delivers a speech via video link during a commemorative event to mark the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, in Hong Kong, on Sept 23, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN / CHINA DAILY)

Luo Yonggang, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, speaks at the commemorative event to mark the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, in Hong Kong, on Sept 23, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN / CHINA DAILY)

Yiu Chi-shing, chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China, delivers a speech at a commemorative event to mark the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, in Hong Kong, on Sept 23, 2021. (RAYMOND CHAN / CHINA DAILY)