Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s9.t5.19

v1.c7.s9.t5.19

Sun Yat-sen as the President of the Republic formulated and issued a series decrees designed for the systemic reform and progress of China. On March 11, the provisional Constitution of the Republic of China was promulgated. However, soon due to the forces of imperialism and centuries of feudalism as well as the lax and weak revolutionary party itself, Sun Yat-sen was forced to resign from the post of the Provisional President of the Republic on February 13, 1912 to give way to Yuan Shikai. In the next year, he actively promoted people’s livelihood, called for the adoption of equal land rights, and the promotion of industrial projects, personally undertook the supervision of the national railways and making all efforts to borrow foreign capital for the construction of railway lines. But, as the power of governance lay in Yuan Shikai’s hands, his efforts were of no avail.