of the Communist Party in 1921. In the power vacuum that appeared after the fall of Lin Biao, Dong became Acting President of China, serving in that capacity from February 1972 to January 1975. At that point, the office of president was abolished and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress - then Zhu De - became the formal head of state. Dong was in turn elected Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's National Congress. Dong died in Beijing on 2 April 1975 at the age of 89. In his official obituary, he is described as "one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, a great Marxist, an outstanding proletarian revolutionary, a founding father of the People's Republic of China," and "a founder of China's socialist legal system." In 1991, a statue of Dong was erected in one of Wuhan's central squares, Hongshan Guangchang. The Hubei Provincial Museum houses a collection of Dong's personal items. References External links Biography of Dong Biwu 1886 births 1975 deaths 19th-century Chinese judges 20th-century Chinese heads of government 20th-century Chinese judges Burials at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei Delegates to the 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 5th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 1st National People's Congress Delegates to the 2nd National People's Congress Delegates to the 3rd National People's Congress Delegates to the 4th National People's Congress First vice premiers of the People's Republic of China International Lenin School alumni Members of the 7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 9th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 10th Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Moscow Sun Yat-sen University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Politicians from Huanggang Presidents of the People's Republic of China Secretaries of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Supreme People's Court judges Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Vice presidents of the People's Republic of China