China-Jiang Zemin Centenary/Commemoration
China-Jiang Zemin Centenary/Commemoration
Dateline : Aug 17, 2026
Location : China
Duration : 4'28
Beijing, China - Aug 17, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Grand gathering commemorating birth centenary of late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin in progress
2. Various of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of Central Military Commission, walking to seat, followed by other leaders of Party and state; attendees clapping
3. Meeting in progress
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Qiang, Chinese Premier, also member of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee (starting with shot 3/ending with shot 5):
"Comrades, the grand gathering commemorating the 100th anniversary of Comrade Jiang Zemin's birth now begins. Please rise for the national anthem!"
5. Various of attendees rising; military band playing Chinese national anthem; Xi, other leaders, attendees singing national anthem
6. Meeting in progress; attendees clapping
UPSOUND (Chinese) Li Qiang, Chinese premier, also member of Standing Committee of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee:
"Those present at today's gathering include Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of Central Military Commission."
7. Various of Xi bowing; attendees applauding; meeting in progress
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese president, general secretary of Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of Central Military Commission (starting with shot 7):
"Comrades and friends, today, we gather here to hold a grand gathering commemorating the 100th anniversary of Comrade Jiang Zemin's birth, aiming to pay the deepest tribute to his great achievements, deeply study his noble demeanor, and inspire the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to continuously advance the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics."
9. Meeting in progress
10. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese president, general secretary of Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of Central Military Commission:
"Comrade Jiang Zemin was an outstanding leader enjoying high prestige acknowledged by the whole CPC, the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups. He was a great Marxist and a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat. He was a long-tested communist fighter and an outstanding leader of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. He was the core of the third generation of the Party's central collective leadership and the principal founder of the Theory of Three Represents."
11. Meeting in progress
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for efforts to learn from late leader Jiang Zemin at a grand gathering held at the Great Hall of the People in commemoration of Jiang's birth centenary.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered a speech at the gathering.
Xi said the gathering was held to pay the deepest tribute to Jiang's great achievements, deeply study his noble demeanor, and inspire the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to continuously advance the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
"Comrade Jiang Zemin was an outstanding leader enjoying high prestige acknowledged by the whole CPC, the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups. He was a great Marxist and a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat. He was a long-tested communist fighter and an outstanding leader of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. He was the core of the third generation of the Party's central collective leadership and the principal founder of the Theory of Three Represents," Xi said.
Jiang was born into a patriotic intellectual family on Aug 17, 1926, in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, and passed away due to leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 on Nov 30, 2022, at the age of 96.
Jiang's life was a glorious and fighting one. During his revolutionary career of more than 70 years, he remained unswervingly firm in communist ideals, utterly loyal to the Party and the people, and resolutely committed to the cause of the Party and the people.
After the fourth plenary session of the 13th CPC Central Committee, faced with the complexity of the domestic and international situations and the grave challenges posed by the serious twists and turns world socialism had experienced, Jiang led the Party's central collective leadership -- firmly relying on the whole Party, the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups -- in safeguarding the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and successfully advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics into the 21st century.
ID : 8494694
Published : 2026-08-17 10:42
Last Modified : 2026-08-17 13:52:58
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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