Mission & Objective

Zheng He symbolizes many things including the spirit of adventure in the face of uncertainty and enormous life threatening circumstances. His voyages employ skilled and knowledgeable men from many ethnic origins and deploying high technological capabilities for navigation and communications. He was sent on missions of friendship and good will to countries in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and eastern Africa – and some say much further away. He proved himself to be a strong leader and consummate diplomat winning many allegiances to the Ming Court that he served. Although a Muslim of a Middle Eastern ancestry himself, he respected and gave assistance to those of other religious persuasions and he built mosques in many places that he visited.