Eulogy at memorial meeting for comrade jiang zemin

(December 6, 2022)
Xi Jinping
Comrades and friends:
Today, we are holding a grand memorial meeting in the Great Hall of the People in the capital to mourn the beloved Comrade Jiang Zemin with great sadness.
At this moment, the broad masses of people in party and government organs, enterprises and institutions, villages, schools, troops, neighborhoods and communities throughout the country, personnel of Chinese embassies, consulates and other institutions stationed abroad, compatriots in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan compatriots, and overseas Chinese, all join us in deeply remembering Comrade Jiang Zemin's great achievements and lofty demeanor and pinning our grief.
The whole party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country feel infinite sorrow for the loss of such a great man as Comrade Jiang Zemin, and the people of all countries, leaders of all countries and international friends in all fields also express their deep condolences.
Comrade Jiang Zemin is recognized by the whole party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country as an outstanding leader with high prestige, a great Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionist, statesman, military strategist, diplomat, and a time-tested communist fighter. an outstanding leader of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the core of the party's third-generation central collective leadership, and the main founder of the important thinking of "three represents.
We love Comrade Jiang Zemin and miss Comrade Jiang Zemin because he dedicated his life's hard work and energy to the Chinese people, and worked hard for national independence, people's liberation, and the realization of national prosperity and people's happiness. In particular, the great achievements made by the party and the country in the 13 years after the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Party are inseparable from Comrade Jiang Zemin's great talent, key role, and superb political leadership. Comrade Jiang Zemin has made immortal contributions to the party and the people, and has won the heartfelt love of the whole party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups in the country and wide praise from the international community!
Comrades, friends!
Since his youth, Comrade Jiang Zemin has been determined to pursue the truth and actively join the torrent of the people's revolutionary movement. He was born in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. He was born in a family of patriotic intellectuals in August 1926. He was enlightened by patriotism and democratic revolution. 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 life to the party and the people.
After the founding of New China, Comrade Jiang Zemin worked successively in enterprises, scientific research units, and state ministries and commissions. In every post, he did his duty and worked hard, dedicated his fiery years to the cause of socialist revolution and construction, and did a lot of pioneering work in reform and opening up. At the 12th Party Congress, he was elected a member of the Central Committee.
after 1985, comrade jiang zemin was appointed mayor of shanghai and deputy secretary and secretary of the shanghai municipal cpc 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, reasonable industrial structure, advanced science and technology, and highly civilized socialist modern city by the end of the 20th century. It has 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, a serious political turmoil occurred in our country. Comrade Jiang Zemin firmly supported and implemented the correct decision of the Party Central Committee to oppose turmoil, defend the socialist state power, and safeguard the fundamental interests of the people. Shanghai is stable.
Comrades, friends!
In June 1989, Comrade Jiang Zemin was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and General Secretary of the Central Committee at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Party. In November of the same year, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Party decided that he was the chairman of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The third-generation central leadership of the party with Comrade Jiang Zemin at the core.
When Comrade Jiang Zemin assumed the main leadership positions of the party and the army, our country is 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 definitely work hard and die."
In the late 1980 s and early 1990 s, serious political turmoil occurred at home and abroad, and there were serious twists and turns in world socialism. Some western countries imposed so-called "sanctions" on China. The development of China's socialist cause is facing 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 relying on the entire Party, the entire army and the people of all ethnic groups, unswervingly adhering to the center of economic construction, unequivocally adhering to the four cardinal principles, adhering to reform and opening up, resolutely carrying out governance and rectification, comprehensively strengthening ideological work, in-depth development of the Party's clean government and anti-corruption struggle, actively launched diplomatic struggles, resolutely safeguarded the country's independence, dignity, security, and stability, and defended the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Through hard work, the party and the people have successfully stabilized the overall situation of reform and development and laid a solid foundation for my country's development.
In the 13 years from the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Party to the 16th National Congress of the Party, the international situation has changed, and the process of my country's reform and opening up and socialist modernization has been magnificent. Under the very complicated international and domestic situation, Comrade Jiang Zemin led the party's central leadership to hold high the great banner of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, and Deng Xiaoping Theory, adhere to the party's basic line unswervingly, and closely rely on the entire 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, opening wider to the outside world, promoting development, and maintaining stability, comprehensively expounded the correct handling of the 12 major relations in the construction of socialist modernization, deepened our understanding of the laws of socialist modernization, and stressed that we should seize opportunities without losing them, forge ahead and not follow the old ways. We have led us to formulate and implement a series of principles, policies and major strategies to promote reform, development and stability. He led us to define the party's basic program in the primary stage of socialism and provided us with powerful 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 in which distribution according to work is the main body and multiple distribution methods coexist. We are determined to promote economic system reform, political system reform, cultural system reform and other reforms. He made forward-looking strategic thinking on building a well-off society in an all-round way and achieving the third-step strategic goal, and emphasized the need to concentrate on building a higher-level well-off society that benefits more than one billion people in the first 20 years of this century. He emphasized that only when you are rich can you be strong, and if you lag behind, you will be beaten. You must regard development as the party's top priority in governing and rejuvenating the country, concentrate on construction, and seek development wholeheartedly. He proposed to adhere to the combination of "bringing in" and "going out", promote reform and development through opening up, and lead us to join the World Trade Organization to form a new pattern of opening up. He led us to develop socialist democratic politics, implement the basic strategy of governing the country according to law, develop advanced socialist culture, realize the smooth return of Hong Kong and Macao, and promote the two sides of the strait to reach the "1992 consensus" embodying the one-China principle. we will vigorously carry out a major struggle against secession and "Taiwan independence. He has always had an insight into the general trend of the development of the world situation with a broad world vision, put forward a series of diplomatic and international strategic ideas, actively promoted the world towards multipolarization, 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 a new situation in diplomatic work. He emphasized that the governance of the country must be governed first, and the governance of the party must be strict, emphasized learning, politics, and righteousness, proposed a new great project to promote party building, and emphasized the need to improve the level of leadership and governance, and strengthen the resistance to corruption and degeneration. The ability to resist risks is two major historical issues, unswervingly promote the construction of party style and clean government and the fight against corruption, and always maintain the vigor, vigor, vigor and righteousness of the vigor, and always maintain the advanced nature and purity of the party. He led us to correctly handle the relationship between reform, development and stability, promote the construction of socialist material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization and party building to make new progress that has attracted worldwide attention, and successfully push socialism with Chinese characteristics into the 21st century.
Comrade Jiang Zemin has a profound insight into the development trend of the new military reform in the world, presided over the formulation of military strategic guidelines for the new period, stressed the need to promote military reform with Chinese characteristics, unswervingly follow the road of elite troops with Chinese characteristics, and strengthen the revolutionization, modernization and regularization of the people's army. He stressed: "the problem I have focused on over the years is, in a word, whether our army can win and not deteriorate." He stressed: it is necessary to unswervingly adhere to the party's absolute leadership over the people's army, and that the army should be politically qualified, have a strong military, have a good work style, have strict discipline, and have strong support, and always maintain the nature, character, and work style of the people's army. we should put the basic point of preparation for military struggle on winning local wars under the condition of informationization, and speed up the development of national defense and weapons and equipment. He made the strategic decision that the army, the armed police force and the political and legal organs must completely stop all business activities. Under the personal leadership and vigorous promotion of Comrade Jiang Zemin, great achievements have been made in the modernization of national defense and the army.
Comrade Jiang Zemin insisted on emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, respecting practice, and respecting the masses. He put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints and new thesis around the theme of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, in order to uphold and develop the party's basic theory, basic line, and Basic program and basic experience have made outstanding contributions. In particular, he concentrated the wisdom of the whole party to create the important thought of "Three Represents", further answered the questions of what socialism is and how to build socialism, creatively answered the questions of what kind of party to build and how to build the party, and deepened our understanding of the laws of promoting the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strengthening party building under the conditions of the new era, with new ideas, viewpoints, and judgments, inherited, enriched, and developed marxism-leninism, mao zedong thought, and deng xiaoping theory.
In the 13 years since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Jiang Zemin has led us to calmly deal with a series of international emergencies related to China's sovereignty and security, and to overcome difficulties and risks in the political, economic and natural fields. In particular, he has led us to successfully resist the impact of the Asian financial crisis and overcome the catastrophic floods in 1998, It has ensured that the ship of reform, opening up and socialist modernization drive will always move forward in the right direction.
comrade jiang zemin attaches great importance to major strategic issues concerning the cause of the party and the people. During the preparations for the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he took the initiative to no longer hold the leadership position of the Central Committee and retired from the Central Committee, so as to promote the replacement of the old and the new leaders of the party and the state. the party central committee agreed to comrade jiang zemin's request. In 2004, he offered to resign from his post as chairman of the Central Military Commission of the party and the state, which fully reflected his foresight in the development of the cause of the party and the state.
After retiring from the leadership position, Comrade Jiang Zemin resolutely supported and supported the work of the Party Central Committee, cared about the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and firmly supported the construction of party style and clean government 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 us with important teaching materials for continuing to advance the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the new great project of party building.
Comrade Jiang Zemin has tempered his revolutionary spirit and revolutionary style in the long-term revolutionary practice. Comrade Jiang Zemin has a long-term vision and assesses the situation. He always observes and thinks about problems from the general development trend of China and the world, and from the overall work of the party and the country, and constantly promotes theoretical innovation and other innovations. Comrade Jiang Zemin is firm in his convictions and decisive in handling affairs. He always puts the party and the people in the highest position in his heart, unswervingly adheres to the ideals and beliefs of the Communists, and has the extraordinary courage to make bold decisions and the great courage to make theoretical innovations at critical moments. Comrade Jiang Zemin respects practice, keeps pace with the times, always firmly grasps the pulse and opportunity of the development of the times, insists on summing up experience and finding ways from the living practice of the party and the people, and is down-to-earth and pioneering and enterprising to promote the work of the party and the state. Comrade Jiang Zemin respects and cares about the masses, always pays close attention to the safety of the masses, and tests and promotes work in accordance with the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. comrade jiang zemin's revolutionary spirit and revolutionary style will forever be engraved in our hearts and will forever educate and inspire us to forge ahead.
The death of Comrade Jiang Zemin 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 to turn grief into strength, inherit Comrade Jiang Zemin's legacy, express our condolences with practical actions, and continue to write a new chapter in the development of the party and the country on the road to socialism with Chinese characteristics.
-- Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for building the Party and rejuvenating the country. The most valuable 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 the 'Three Represents' did not come into being out of thin air, but was the result of our continuous exploration and development in theory and practice over the past 13 years." the important thinking of the 'three represents' is the guiding ideology that the party must uphold for a long time to come. On the new journey, we must persist in combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture, and persist in proceeding from reality in everything. we will constantly answer the questions of China, the world, the people, and the times, and always maintain the vigor and vitality of Marxism.
-- The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the fundamental guarantee for the advancement of the cause of the Party and the people, rain or shine. Comrade Jiang Zemin said earnestly: "as an old Communist Party member, I sincerely hope that all comrades in the party, especially those in the Central Committee, will always put the party in the highest position in their hearts, and consciously adhere to and safeguard the party's leadership in all kinds of work. This is the hope of our party and country." On the new journey, we must maintain the sobriety and firmness of "rushing for the exam", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidence", achieve the "two safeguards", carry forward the great party-building spirit, and never forget the original mission. Self-revolution ensures that the party will always become 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 celebration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China that 80 years of practice has taught us that we must 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, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
-- 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 stressed that "the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people are the most important and decisive factor. This is the basic view of Marxism", and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people must be constantly realized, safeguarded and developed. On the new journey, we must adhere to the people's supremacy, serve the people wholeheartedly, implement the people-centered development thought, develop people's democracy in the whole process, always maintain flesh-and-blood ties with the people, always share the same breath, common destiny and heart-to-heart with the people, and promote the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all the people to make more obvious and substantive progress.
-- Reform and opening up is the key to determining the future and destiny of contemporary China. Comrade Jiang Zemin stressed: "through theoretical innovation, we should promote institutional innovation, scientific and technological innovation, cultural innovation and other aspects of innovation, constantly explore and advance in practice, never be complacent and never slack off. This is the way we should adhere to the long-term way of governing the party and the country." 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 the modernization of governance capabilities, continue to win advantages, win initiative, and win the future.
-China's development cannot be separated from the world, and the world's prosperity also needs China. Comrade Jiang Zemin stressed that we must conform to the historical trend, promote the establishment of a just and rational new international political and economic order, strive for a long-term peaceful international environment, comprehensively safeguard China's national security and interests, and constantly make new and greater contributions to the lofty 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, carry forward the common values of all mankind, promote the high-quality development of "Belt and Road Initiative", and promote the building of a new type of international relations. we will promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and advance hand in hand with all progressive forces in the world.
-- Daring to struggle and daring to win is an invincible and powerful spiritual force of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people. Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized: "Our party is leading the people in the great struggle to build socialist modernization. It will inevitably encounter many complicated situations. The severe international and domestic situations and the opposition and struggle of different social systems and different ideological systems are often tested. Every party member." "Be heroic to overwhelm all enemies." "One cannot lower the noble head." On the new journey, we must maintain the attitude of seizing the day and striving for success and the spirit of struggle that the more difficult and dangerous the more forward, grasp the historical initiative, and strengthen the ambition, backbone, and confidence of the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, and do not believe in evil. Not afraid of ghosts, not afraid of pressure, and make every effort to overcome various difficulties and challenges on the road ahead.
Comrades, friends!
Comrade Jiang Zemin has said goodbye to us forever. His fame, achievements, ideas and demeanor will be forever recorded in the annals of history and engraved in the hearts of the people from generation to generation. The whole party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups in the country should unite more closely around the Party Central Committee, work hard and forge ahead bravely, 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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