CPN (UML) general secretary, Shankar Pokhrel, who is presently on China visit, today visited the Beijing-based mausoleum of Communist Party of China (CPC) supreme leader Mao Tse-tung.

Pokhrel and his delegation had been this morning at the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Beijing where Mao has been embalmed since his death in 1976, said UML publicity department member Rajesh Rai. The UML leader and his delegation have been on the China visit since September 2 at the invitation of the CPC.