 The plan was never completed.In 1929, a major road, present day East Zhongshan Road, was built in an east-west direction across the palace complex site, dividing it into northern and a southern portions.In the 1930s, a series of buildings were built in and around the northern portion of the palace complex site, including the offices of two Kuomintang party organs, in a "neo-classical" style referencing traditional palace architecture, placed symmetrically near the old east and west palace gates.