Visiting Cuban leader Raul Castro Ruz paid homage to remains of late Chairman Mao Zedong on Tuesday, singing high praises for Mao's great contributions to the liberation of the Chinese people.

He also laid a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes and offered his respect.

Both the Memorial of Chairman Mao Zedong and the Monument to the People's Heroes in the Tiananmen Square.

Chairman Mao, born in Dec. 1893 and died in Sept. 1976, was the founder and leader of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic of China.

The Cuban leader also visited an economic-technological development zone in Beijing and expressed the hope to have more hi- tech cooperation projects with China.

Raul Castro, second secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, arrived in Beijing on Sunday as guest of the Communist Party of China. He also serves as first vice-president of the Council of State and first vice-president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba.

It is Raul Castro's second visit to China in eight years since 1997.

Source: Xinhua