This undated file photo shows former Chinese president Jiang Zemin. (PHOTO / GOV.CN)

BEIJING – The national flag will be flown at half-mast at Tian'anmen, Xinhuamen, the Great Hall of the People and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, as well as the central government’s liaison offices in Hong Kong and Macao SARs and Chinese embassies and consulates in other countries will be flown at half-mast to the date of holding the memorial meeting for Comrade Jiang Zemin.

The announcement was made in a letter by Comrade Jiang Zemin's Funeral Committee on Wednesday. The letter has been addressed to the whole Party, the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups.

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The decision has been taken “to express the incomparable esteem and profound mourning of the whole Party, the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups for Comrade Jiang Zemin”, according to the letter.

During this period, mourning halls will be set up in the liaison offices in the two special administrative regions and Chinese embassies and consulates in other countries to receive condolences expressed by people in the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR and in countries where Chinese embassies and consulates are located, said the committee. 

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In accordance with China's practice, foreign governments, political parties and friendly personages will not be invited to send delegations or representatives to China to attend the mourning activities, it added.