2026-08-18
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.
2026-08-17
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.
2026-08-17
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.
2026-08-17
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.
2026-08-17
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."
2026-08-17
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.
2026-08-17
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.
2026-08-11
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.
2026-08-11
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.
2026-08
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.
2026-07
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.
2026-07
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.
2022-11-30
On November 30, 2022, former General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee Jiang Zemin died in Beijing at the age of 96.
2012-10
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.
2004-09-01
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.
2002-11
In November 2002, the Chinese Communist Party held its 16th National Congress, and Hu Jintao became General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee, but the Standing Committee was expanded from 7 to 9 members, most of whom were from Jiang Zemin's faction, greatly weakening Hu Jintao's political power.
2002-11
At the CCP's 16th National Congress in 2002, Jiang Zemin did not step down as chairman of the Central Military Commission; his remaining in office created an emperor-emeritus dynamic. Although Hu Jintao became General Secretary, military power remained in Jiang Zemin's hands.
2001-12-11
Under the insistence and promotion of Jiang Zemin and others, China finally successfully joined the World Trade Organization.
2001-12-11
On December 11, 2001, China officially became a member of the World Trade Organization after an agreement was reached at the ministerial conference in Doha.
2001-10-19
In October 2001, Jiang Zemin met with George W. Bush in Shanghai, and the United States adjusted its positioning of China from a "strategic competitor" to a "constructive cooperative relationship."
2001-09-12
On September 11, 2001, Jiang Zemin was the first to telephone US President Bush to express his condolences, becoming one of the first leaders of major powers to make a statement.
2001-04
After a US reconnaissance plane collided with a Chinese interceptor near Hainan in April 2001, Jiang Zemin used the incident to strike a new espionage agreement during his visit to Cuba, after which shipments of Chinese weapons and equipment to Cuba increased sharply.
1999-11-15
In November 1999, Jiang Zemin instructed Zhu Rongji to facilitate the China-US WTO accession negotiations at all costs, and the basic framework was ultimately determined.
1998
In 1998, the direct election of the township head in Buyun Township, Sichuan, was suspended by the central authorities on the grounds that it was unconstitutional, marking the freezing of grassroots elections during the Jiang Zemin era.
1997-02-19
Deng Xiaoping died on February 19, 1997. Jiang Zemin took full hold of supreme power, ushering in the Jiang Zemin era.
1997-02-19
Following the death of Deng Xiaoping in 1997, Jiang Zemin broke free from the constraints of the supreme elder, assumed comprehensive control of party, government, and military power, and ushered in his era of governance.
1997
In 1997, President Clinton hosted a state dinner at the White House for then Chinese President Jiang Zemin, with a menu featuring chilled lobster, Oregon beef, and other dishes.
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1995-07
During the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis, cross-strait relations and U.S.-China relations faced heightened tensions.
1995
Starting in 1995, Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji proposed the "grasping the large and letting go of the small" reform for state-owned enterprises, requiring them to gradually withdraw from non-critical industries.
1993
In 1993, Jiang Zemin abolished Su Shi's statistical system and formally adopted GDP as the main criterion for measuring development results and official promotions.
1989-11
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 13th CCP Central Committee, held in November 1989, decided that Jiang Zemin would succeed Deng Xiaoping as Chairman of the CCP Central Military Commission.
1989-08
Two months after the June Fourth Incident, James Chao met Jiang Zemin in Zhongnanhai, one of the earliest publicly recorded meetings between the Chao family and China's top leader.
1989-06-24
With the support and nomination of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin became General Secretary at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th CCP Central Committee, and that same year he took over as Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
1989-06-23
After the 1989 June Fourth, Deng Xiaoping appointed Jiang Zemin as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
1989-05-20
After Li Peng announced martial law in Beijing, Jiang Zemin was the first to signal firm support for the martial law order to the Central Committee, sending a plaintext telegram in the early hours of May 20.
1989-05-19
Deng Xiaoping convened a meeting at home and decided to remove Zhao Ziyang from the position of General Secretary. Zhao Ziyang and Hu Qili were not notified of this meeting.
1989-04
Because the World Economic Herald published an article commemorating Hu Yaobang, Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Jiang Zemin ordered the article pulled and suspended editor-in-chief Qin Benli for self-reflection, sparking protests by journalists and students.
1986-12
At the end of 1986, student unrest erupted nationwide; students from more than ten universities in Shanghai took to the streets, and Jiang Zemin responded with a carrot-and-stick policy.
1986
After obtaining the funding for the filming of "Hibiscus Town", Liu Xiaoqing pleaded for Jiang Zemin with Deng Xiaoping, and Deng's door reopened for Jiang Zemin.
1986
After Jiang Zemin repeatedly provoked Liu Xiaoqing with his words at the Deng residence, Deng Xiaoping learned of the matter, and Jiang Zemin was subsequently denied entry to the Deng residence for several months.
1985
After holding a series of deputy ministerial-level positions, Jiang Zemin officially took office as Mayor of Shanghai in 1985.
1967
After the Cultural Revolution began in 1967, Jiang Zemin was subjected to two years of reform through labor due to his family background and inappropriate remarks.
1926
Jiang Zemin was born in 1926 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. His father, Jiang Shijun, later served as deputy director of the propaganda department of the Wang Jingwei puppet regime, among other posts.