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Xi frames Jiang Zemin as part of China’s reform modernisation narrative

Xi Jinping used Jiang Zemin’s centenary to underscore continuity from reform and opening up to today’s modernisation agenda, positioning the policy legacy within the Communist Party’s leadership chain.

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China marked the centenary of former leader Jiang Zemin on August 17 with a memorial in Beijing that was attended and addressed by President Xi Jinping, an event described as more than a commemoration of the past, but an effort to situate Jiang within the Communist Party of China’s broader political narrative. According to SCMP Economy, Xi placed Jiang within the history of the party by describing him as the core of the party’s third-generation central leadership and as a principal founder of the “Three Represents.” The speech also pointed to Jiang’s role in reform and opening up, socialist modernisation, and China’s development, framing his legacy as part of a continuous leadership line rather than an isolated figure. The analysis says the way Beijing chose this moment to reaffirm Jiang’s place in the political story signals how it views the path from reform and opening up to Chinese modernisation today. It also highlights that those policy developments changed China’s role in the global economy, moving the country from a relatively marginal participant in international production and trade to a more central manufacturing and trading power.

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