Jiang Zemin, the former president of the country and former general secretary of the Communist Party of China, suffered from leukemia and multi-organ failure, and the rescue failed. He died in Shanghai on November 30 at the age of 96.
At 10 a.m. today (6th), a memorial meeting was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
In his eulogy, President Xi Jinping said that Jiang Zemin's famous name, achievements, thoughts, and demeanor will forever be recorded in the annals of history and engraved in the hearts of the people from generation to generation.
Jiang Zemin passed away at the age of 96.
(Xinhua News Agency)
According to the "Announcement of Comrade Jiang Zemin's Funeral Committee (No. 2)", the Party Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the Central Military Commission solemnly held a memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Flags across the country and Chinese embassies and consulates abroad and other institutions stationed abroad fly at half-staff, and public entertainment activities are suspended for one day.
When the memorial service is held in silence, the people of the whole country observe 3 minutes of silence, all the places where there are sirens will sound the whistle for 3 minutes, and the air defense siren will sound for 3 minutes.
There will be no funeral service following the memorial service.
The scene of Jiang Zemin's memorial meeting:
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President Xi Jinping attended the memorial service and delivered a eulogy.
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President Xi Jinping attended the memorial service and delivered a eulogy.
The following is the full text of the eulogy.
Comrades and friends:
Today, we solemnly hold a memorial meeting in the Great Hall of the People in the capital to mourn the beloved Comrade Jiang Zemin with great sorrow.
At this very moment, across the country, inside and outside the Great Wall, the broad masses of the people in Party and government agencies, enterprises, institutions, villages, schools, military units, and neighborhoods across the country, personnel from Chinese embassies, consulates and other institutions stationed abroad, and compatriots from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Our compatriots in Taiwan, Macao and Taiwan, as well as overseas Chinese, also join us in deeply remembering the great achievements and noble demeanor of Comrade Jiang Zemin and expressing our condolences.
The whole Party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups in the country feel infinite sorrow for the loss of such a great figure as Comrade Jiang Zemin.
Comrade Jiang Zemin is recognized by the whole Party, the whole army and the people of all nationalities as an outstanding leader with high prestige, a great Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionist, statesman, military strategist, diplomat, and a long-tested communist fighter. An outstanding leader of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the core of the party's third-generation central leadership, and the main founder of the important thought of "Three Represents".
We love and miss Comrade Jiang Zemin because he dedicated his whole life and energy to the Chinese people, dedicated his life to striving for national independence, people's liberation, national prosperity, and people's happiness.
In particular, the great achievements of the Party and the country in the 13 years since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee are inseparable from Comrade Jiang Zemin's great talent, key role, and superb political leadership.
Comrade Jiang Zemin has performed immortal feats for the party and the people, and has won the heartfelt love of the entire party, the army and the people of all ethnic groups in the country and the wide acclaim of the international community!
Comrades and friends!
Comrade Jiang Zemin has been determined to pursue the truth since he was a teenager, and has actively participated in the torrent of the people's revolutionary movement.
He was born in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, in August 1926 in a family of patriotic intellectuals, and was enlightened by patriotism and democratic revolution from an early age.
In the winter of 1943, he participated in the patriotic and progressive student movement led by the underground party organization of the Communist Party of China. He joined the Communist Party of China in April 1946 and devoted his whole life to the party and the people.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Comrade Jiang Zemin successively worked in enterprises, scientific research institutions, and national ministries and commissions. He was dedicated to his duties and worked hard in every position. He dedicated his fiery years to the cause of socialist revolution and construction, and made great achievements in reform and opening up. A lot of pioneering work.
At the Party's Twelfth National Congress, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee.
After 1985, Comrade Jiang Zemin served as mayor of Shanghai, deputy secretary and secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee.
He led the formulation of Shanghai's economic development plan and urban construction plan, and proposed the development policy of building Shanghai into an open, multi-functional, rational industrial structure, advanced science and technology, and highly civilized socialist modern city at the end of the 20th century, emphasizing the development of Pudong. It has become an international, hub-oriented, and modernized world-class new urban area, actively promoted the institutionalization of private affairs, and made outstanding contributions to creating a new situation in Shanghai's reform, opening up, and socialist modernization.
At the First Plenary Session of the Thirteenth Central Committee of the Party, he was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.
At the turn of the spring and summer of 1989, serious political turmoil occurred in our country. Comrade Jiang Zemin resolutely supported and implemented the correct decision of the Party Central Committee on opposing turmoil with a clear-cut stand, defending the socialist state power, and safeguarding the fundamental interests of the people. Maintain Shanghai's stability.
Comrades and friends!
In June 1989, Comrade Jiang Zemin was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and General Secretary of the Central Committee at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th CPC Central Committee. The party's third-generation central leadership group with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core.
When Comrade Jiang Zemin assumed the main leadership positions of the party and the army, our country was facing a serious moment of external pressure and internal difficulties.
Comrade Jiang Zemin firmly stated: "For the cause of the party and the people, I will devote myself to death."
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, serious political turmoil occurred at home and abroad, and world socialism experienced serious twists and turns. Some Western countries imposed so-called "sanctions" on China. The development of my country's socialist cause faced unprecedented difficulties and pressure.
At this important historical juncture that determines the future and destiny of the party and the country, Comrade Jiang Zemin led the party's central leadership, closely relied on the entire party, the army and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, unswervingly insisted on economic construction as the center, and clearly adhered to the four basic principles. Adhere to reform and opening up, resolutely carry out governance and rectification, comprehensively strengthen ideological work, carry out in-depth development of the party's work style and clean government and anti-corruption struggle, strengthen the relationship between the party and the people, actively launch diplomatic struggles, and resolutely safeguard the independence, dignity, security, and stability of the country , Defending the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
After hard work, the party and the people have successfully stabilized the overall situation of reform and development, laying a solid foundation for the development of our country.
In the 13 years from the Fourth Plenary Session of the Thirteenth Central Committee of the Party to the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the international situation has changed dramatically, and the process of my country's reform, opening up and socialist modernization has been magnificent.
Under the extremely complicated situation at home and abroad, Comrade Jiang Zemin led the party's central leadership group, held high the great banner of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, and Deng Xiaoping Theory, adhered to the party's basic line unswervingly, and firmly relied on the whole party, the army, and the people of all ethnic groups in the country. , unswervingly uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.
He put forward the basic policy of seizing opportunities, deepening reform, expanding opening up, promoting development, and maintaining stability. He comprehensively expounded the correct handling of the relationship between the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in socialist modernization, deepened our understanding of the laws of socialist modernization, and emphasized that Seizing opportunities without losing opportunities, forging ahead without following the old ways, led us to formulate and implement a series of principles, policies and major strategies to promote reform, development and stability.
He led us to determine the basic program of the party in the primary stage of socialism, and provided us with strong guidance for upholding and developing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
He led us to establish the reform goals and basic framework of the socialist market economic system, and established the basic economic system in the primary stage of socialism with public ownership as the main body and the common development of multiple ownership economies, and the distribution system with distribution according to work as the main body and multiple distribution methods coexisting. , Determined to promote economic system reform, political system reform, cultural system reform and other aspects of reform.
He conducted forward-looking strategic thinking on building a well-off society in an all-round way and realizing the third-step strategic goal, emphasizing that in the first 20 years of this century, we should concentrate on building a higher-level well-off society that will benefit more than one billion people.
He emphasized that only those who have great wealth can be strong, and those who fall behind will be beaten. Development must be the top priority of the party in governing and rejuvenating the country, and we must concentrate on construction and development wholeheartedly.
He proposed to adhere to the combination of "bringing in" and "going out", promote reform and development through opening up, lead us to join the World Trade Organization, and form a new pattern of opening up.
He led us to develop socialist democratic politics, implement the basic strategy of ruling the country by law, develop advanced socialist culture, realize the smooth return of Hong Kong and Macao, promote the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to reach the "1992 Consensus" that embodies the one-China principle, and vigorously carry out anti-secession and anti-" "Taiwan independence" major struggle.
He has always observed the general trend of the world situation with a broad world perspective, put forward a series of diplomatic and international strategic ideas, actively promoted the multi-polarization of the world, promoted the democratization of international relations, respected the diversity of the world, promoted the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and led us to open up diplomacy. A new dimension of work.
He emphasized that governing the country must first govern the party, and governing the party must be strict, emphasized learning, politics, and righteousness, and proposed to promote the party
The new great project of building a new great project, emphasizing the need to solve the two historical issues of improving the level of leadership and governance, enhancing the ability to resist corruption and prevent change, and resist risks, unswervingly promote the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption, and always maintain the Communist Party People's vigor, high-spirited spirit, and awe-inspiring righteousness always maintain the party's advanced nature and purity.
He led us to correctly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability, promote socialist material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization and party building to achieve new progress that has attracted worldwide attention, and successfully pushed socialism with Chinese characteristics into the 21st century.
Comrade Jiang Zemin had a deep insight into the development trend of the new military revolution in the world, and presided over the formulation of the military strategic policy for the new era, emphasizing the need to promote military reform with Chinese characteristics, unswervingly follow the road of elite soldiers with Chinese characteristics, and strengthen the revolutionization, modernization and regularization of the people's army building.
He emphasized: "The issue I have concentrated my energy on over the years, in a word, is whether our army can win and not deteriorate." He emphasized that we must unswervingly uphold the party's absolute leadership over the people's army, and the troops must To achieve political qualifications, excellent military skills, good work style, strict discipline, and strong support, and always maintain the nature, character, and work style of the people's army, and put the basic point of military struggle preparations on winning local wars under the conditions of informationization, and accelerate the development of national defense and weaponry. Equipment development.
He made a strategic decision that the military, armed police forces, and political and legal agencies must completely stop all business activities.
Under the personal leadership and vigorous promotion of Comrade Jiang Zemin, my country's national defense and military modernization has made great achievements.
Comrade Jiang Zemin insisted on emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, respecting practice and the masses, and around the theme of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, he put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new conclusions, in order to uphold and develop the party's basic theory, basic line, The basic program and basic experience have made outstanding contributions.
In particular, he pooled the wisdom of the whole party to create the important thought of "Three Represents", which further answered the questions of what is socialism and how to build socialism, creatively answered the questions of what kind of party to build and how to build it, and deepened our understanding of socialism. Under the conditions of the new era, the understanding of the law of advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strengthening party building has inherited, enriched, and developed Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, and Deng Xiaoping Theory with new ideas, viewpoints, and conclusions.
In the 13 years since the Fourth Plenary Session of the Thirteenth Central Committee of the Party, Comrade Jiang Zemin led us to calmly deal with a series of international emergencies related to our country's sovereignty and security, and overcome difficulties and risks in the political, economic and natural worlds. Successfully resisting the impact of the Asian financial crisis and overcoming the catastrophic floods in 1998 have ensured that the ship of reform, opening up and socialist modernization will always sail in the right direction.
Comrade Jiang Zemin attaches great importance to major strategic issues related to the cause of the party and the people.
During the preparations for the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he offered to no longer hold the leadership position of the Central Committee and stepped down from the Central Committee in order to facilitate the transition of senior leaders of the party and the country.
The Party Central Committee agreed to Comrade Jiang Zemin's request.
In 2004, he voluntarily offered to resign from his position as chairman of the Party and State Central Military Commission, which fully demonstrated his foresight and foresight for the development of the Party and the country.
After retiring from the leadership position, Comrade Jiang Zemin firmly supported and supported the work of the Party Central Committee, cared about the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and firmly supported the building of a clean and honest Party and the fight against corruption.
In 2006, Comrade Jiang Zemin personally presided over the editing and review of the first, second and third volumes of "Selected Works of Jiang Zemin" one by one, which provided important teaching materials for us to continue to promote the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the new great project of party building .
Comrade Jiang Zemin has forged a distinctive revolutionary spirit and demeanor in his long-term revolutionary practice.
Comrade Jiang Zemin has a far-sighted vision and assesses the situation. He always observes and thinks about problems from the perspective of the general development trend of China and the world, and the overall work of the party and the country, and constantly promotes theoretical innovation and innovation in other aspects.
Comrade Jiang Zemin has firm beliefs and is decisive in dealing with affairs. He always puts the party and the people at the top of his mind, unswervingly adheres to the ideals and beliefs of communists, and has the extraordinary courage to make bold decisions and great courage to carry out theoretical innovations at critical moments.
Comrade Jiang Zemin respected practice and kept pace with the times. He always firmly grasped the pulse and opportunities of the development of the times, insisted on summing up experience and finding ways from the real practice of the party and the people, and pushed forward various tasks of the party and the country in a down-to-earth and pioneering manner.
Comrade Jiang Zemin respects and cares for the masses, always pays close attention to the safety and well-being of the masses, and tests and promotes work based on the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people.
Comrade Jiang Zemin's revolutionary spirit and demeanor will always be engraved in our hearts, and will always educate and inspire us to move forward.
Comrade Jiang Zemin's death is an immeasurable loss to our party, our army and our people of all ethnic groups.
The Party Central Committee calls on the entire Party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to turn grief into strength, inherit Comrade Jiang Zemin's behest, express our condolences with practical actions, and continue to write new chapters in the development of the cause of the Party and the country on the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
——Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for our party building and rejuvenating the country.
The most precious asset that Comrade Jiang Zemin left us is the important thought of "Three Represents".
He said: "I raised this question after a long period of thinking." "The idea of "Three Represents" did not come out of thin air, but the result of our continuous exploration and development in theory and practice over the past 13 years. "The important thought of "Three Represents" is the guiding ideology that the party must adhere to for a long time.
On the new journey, we must insist on integrating the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture, insist on starting from reality in everything, and constantly answer questions about China, the world, the people, and the times Ask, and always maintain the vigor and vitality of Marxism.
——The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the fundamental guarantee for the unimpeded advancement of the cause of the party and the people.
Comrade Jiang Zemin said earnestly: "As an old Communist Party member, I sincerely hope that all comrades in the party, especially comrades in the Central Committee, will always put the party in the highest position in their hearts, and consciously adhere to and maintain it in various tasks at all times. The leadership of the party, this is the hope of our party and the country." On the new journey, we must remain sober and firm in "rushing for the exam", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidence", and achieve the "two "Maintenance", carry forward the great spirit of party building, never forget the original mission, bravely promote self-revolution, and ensure that the party will always be a strong core of leadership in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
——The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics is a broad road for contemporary China to catch up with the times and lead the development of the times.
In 2001, Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized at the meeting celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China that 80 years of practice has inspired us to unswervingly follow our own path. This is the most basic experience drawn from the history of our party.
On the new journey, we must adhere to the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, adhere to the party's basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy, adhere to self-confidence, self-improvement, integrity and innovation, and stride forward on the correct path we have chosen to advance in an all-round way with Chinese-style modernization The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
——The people are the fundamental force that determines the future and destiny of the party and the country.
Comrade Jiang Zemin is infinitely loyal to the people and always has the people in his heart.
He proposed to "put the people first" and repeatedly emphasized that "the interests of the greatest number of people are the most important and decisive factor. This is the basic point of view of Marxism", which must be constantly realized, maintained, and developed. fundamental interests of the people.
On the new journey, we must uphold the supremacy of the people, serve the people wholeheartedly, implement the people-centered development philosophy, develop people's democracy throughout the process, always maintain close ties with the people, and always share the same breath, fate, and heart with the people. Connecting hearts, promoting the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all people to achieve more obvious and substantive progress.
——Reform and opening up is a key move to determine the future and destiny of contemporary China.
Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized: "Promote system innovation, technological innovation, cultural innovation and other aspects of innovation through theoretical innovation, constantly explore and advance in practice, never be complacent, and never slack off. On the new journey, we must accurately recognize changes, respond scientifically, actively seek changes, implement new development concepts, build a new development pattern, promote high-quality development, comprehensively promote reform and opening up, continuously improve the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and promote The national governance system and governance capabilities are modernized, constantly gaining advantages, taking the initiative, and winning the future.
——China cannot develop in isolation from the world, and the prosperity of the world also needs China.
Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized that we must follow the trend of history, promote the establishment of a fair and reasonable new international political and economic order, strive for a long-term peaceful international environment, comprehensively safeguard our national security and interests, and continue to make new and greater contributions to the noble cause of peace and development of mankind .
On the new journey, we must keep the world in mind, hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results, promote the common values of all mankind, promote the high-quality development of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", promote the construction of a new type of international relations, and promote the construction of the destiny of mankind Community, advance hand in hand with all progressive forces in the world.
——Dare to fight and dare to win is a powerful and invincible spiritual force of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese people.
Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized: "Our party is leading the people in the great struggle to build a socialist modernization. It will inevitably encounter many complicated situations. The severe international and domestic situations and the confrontation and struggle between different social systems and different ideological systems often test the Every party member." "There must be a heroic spirit that overwhelms all enemies." "A man cannot lower his noble head." On the new journey, we must maintain the attitude of seizing the day and night, striving for success, and the more difficult and dangerous the more we move forward We must grasp the historical initiative, strengthen the aspirations, backbone, and confidence of the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, do not believe in evil, fear ghosts, or oppression, and do their best to overcome various difficulties and challenges on the road ahead.
Comrades and friends!
Comrade Jiang Zemin bid farewell to us forever.
His famous name, achievements, thoughts and demeanor will forever be recorded in the annals of history and engraved in the hearts of the people from generation to generation.
The entire Party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups in the country must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee, work hard and move forward courageously, and work together to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way.
Comrade Jiang Zemin is immortal!
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