President Xi Jinping (center), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stands on the Tian'anmen Rostrum with Jiang Zemin (right of Xi) and other Party and State leaders during celebrations in Beijing on Oct 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (PHOTO / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY)

Jiang Zemin holds an inscription at a grand celebration for the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, 1997. The inscription, written by Jiang, reads, "A More Splendid Future for Hong Kong". (PHOTO / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY)

Jiang Zemin inspects the troops at the National Day parade in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square on Oct 1, 1999. (PHOTO / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY)

Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, former general secretary of the CPC, meet with delegates of the 16th National Congress in Beijing on Nov 15, 2002. (PHOTO / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY)

Jiang Zemin delivers a report at the 14th National Congress in Beijing on Dec 12, 1992. (PHOTO / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY)

Jiang Zemin (center) exchanges greetings with (from right) Russian President Vladimir Putin, former French president Jacques Chirac, US president Bill Clinton and British prime minister Tony Blair on Sept 7, 2000. (PHOTO / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY)

A girl at a Beijing kindergarten kisses Jiang Zemin after receiving a polio immunization tablet from him on Dec 5, 1993. (PHOTO / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY)

Jiang Zemin addresses the people in Honghu, Hubei province, during the August 1998 flooding crisis. (PHOTO / XINHUA NEWS AGENCY)