Beijing Held a Meeting to Commemorate the 100th Birthday of Jiang Zemin
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 100th birthday of Jiang Zemin, mentioning reform 16 times.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 100th birthday of Jiang Zemin, mentioning reform 16 times.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially announced that a commemoration marking the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth will be held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 17, and that Xi Jinping will attend and deliver a speech.
A memorial event for Jiang Zemin was held at the Great Hall of the People, attended by a number of retired senior officials; according to leaks from outside the Great Firewall, the military took part in security inside the venue and around its perimeter at the same time.
A symposium marking the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth was held at the Great Hall of the People, with several retired elderly people attending offstage, drawing outside attention to their seating and attendance.
At a conference marking the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth, Xi Jinping once again mentioned the history of Jiang Zemin's initiative to no longer hold leading positions in the central leadership and to resign as chairman of the Central Military Commission, with the intention of emphasizing the political virtue of "voluntarily handing over power."
Wang Qishan, who had not been seen in public for a long time, attended the centenary of Jiang Zemin's birth together with other retired leaders at the vice-national level and above.
On August 17, 2026, the CCP Central Committee held a meeting at the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jiang Zemin. Xi Jinping attended and delivered a lengthy speech, in which he twice reiterated the official characterization of the 1989 political turmoil while reviewing history.
On August 11, 2026, China Media Group announced that the documentary film Jiang Zemin would be broadcast from August 11 to 16, staging a high-level official commemoration for the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth on August 17.
In August 2026, the CCP Central Committee arranged the broadcast of a biographical documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth, and is preparing a high-level commemorative meeting at the Great Hall of the People.
Xinhua News Agency released the press release and video of the commemoration meeting for the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth. The names of any active-duty military generals or representatives from the five theater commands were absent from the official report and the list of attendees, sparking speculation about a complete rift between the military and Xi Jinping.
The video mentions Zhang Shuguang, claiming that he was forced by Xi Jinping to commit suicide back then, that he was a subordinate of Zhang Yang under Jiang Zemin, and that he belonged to the Jiang faction.
Hehui Optoelectronics in Jinshan, Shanghai went public after construction was completed; the video claims the company was originally related to Jiang Zemin's son, and that after Xi Jinping took power, the relevant shareholders and board members changed.
On November 30, 2022, former General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee Jiang Zemin died in Beijing at the age of 96.
On the eve of the 18th National Congress, retired party elders expressed strong opposition to Wang Yang and Li Yuanchao, ultimately blocking both from the Standing Committee, which allowed the Jiang Zemin faction to hold a majority of seats at the Standing Committee level.
Seventy-eight-year-old Jiang Zemin wrote a letter to the CCP Central Committee requesting to resign from his position as Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and subsequently the power transition was announced in the People’s Daily.