Empress Dowager Longyu
On December 29 1911, Sun Yat Sen was sworn in as the first President of China. The Republic of China was proclaimed on 1 January 1912, and on February 12 1912, the Emperor of China, 6 year-old Puyi, and Empress Dowager Longyu signed an edict of abdication, ending 268 years of Qing rule and almost 4,000 years of dynastic rule in China.