Memorial meeting held to mourn Jiang Zemin

In this screengrab taken from China Daily's live coverage, people pay tribute to Jiang Zemin during a memorial meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Dec 6, 2022.

BEIJING – A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who passed away on Nov 30 at the age of 96, was held Tuesday morning in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addressed the meeting.

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All participants in the Great Hall of the People paid a three-minute silent tribute to Jiang at the start of the memorial meeting. 

In this screengrab taken from China Daily's live coverage, people pay tribute to Jiang Zemin during a memorial meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec 6, 2022.

In this screengrab taken from China Daily's live coverage, people pay tribute to Jiang Zemin during a memorial meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec 6, 2022.