He has made outstanding contributions to the cause of smoking ban. He is known as the national hero of China. His bronze statue stands in front of Broadway in New York, USA. He is Lin Zexu, who has a reputation as a national hero in China.

In the 19th year of Daoguang, Lin Zexu, an imperial envoy, and almost all the senior officials in Guangdong came to the dock, with the aim of destroying all opium in Guangdong and declaring a nationwide ban on smoking.

In a short period of two months, Lin Zexu successfully seized the total weight of opium * * * 2,376,254 Jin, 4,274 cigarettes1cigarette, and more than * * * 1.6 million drug addicts and cigarette dealers. Lin Zexu's action shocked the whole world.

Seeing this, Britain could not open the door to China, so in June 1840, the first Opium War broke out, and the Qing government suffered a fiasco, and finally it ended in land cession compensation. Since then, China has gradually lost its independence. Lin Zexu was demoted to Yili because he advocated banning smoking. Although Lin Zexu is dissatisfied, he will continue to defend his country in the future.

In the twenty-five years of Daoguang, Lin Zexu was re-valued, but by this time Lin Zexu was 60 years old, and there was nothing he could do. Only five years later, Lin Zexu died of illness, but his heart and name will be remembered forever!

So why did the bronze statue of Lin Zexu appear in new york? The reason is that in the early 1990s, the number of drug addicts in the United States had reached 40 million. At this time, the United States has been completely chaotic, and European countries are also very pessimistic.

1987, at the United Nations General Assembly, all countries in the world unanimously agreed to take June 26th as the International Anti-Drug Day, and this time was also the time when Lin Zexu finished destroying opium in Humen, so Chinese in the United States first thought of Lin Zexu, a hero who banned smoking.

From 65438 to 0995, American Lin Zexu Foundation, led by entrepreneurs such as Huang Keqiang, was registered and established in New York State, USA, and many Chinese responded positively. The United States also needs an anti-drug representative at this time, so this matter has also been supported by the new york administration.

Three years later, after the bronze statue of Lin Zexu was completed, it stood in the center of Chinatown in new york, USA.