On the night of October 26, 2001, Hu Wenhai, a villager of Dayukou Village in Jinzhong, Shanxi, shot and killed 14 people in a row after having reported village officials to the authorities for a long time without result; he was executed by shooting on January 25, 2002.
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."
In October 2001, Huang Qifan was transferred from deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai municipal government to vice mayor of Chongqing, and in May 2002 he joined the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, serving in Chongqing for more than 15 years.