Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies aged 96
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- Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin – the first Chinese President to visit India, dies at 96 China's former leader Jiang Zemin, who led the country at the time of its opening up, has died at the age of 96.
- He was the first Chinese President to visit India in 1996 when India and China moved towards normalizing the bilateral ties. Jiang, who was China's president from 1993-2003, died of leukemia and multiple organ failure on November 30, 2022, in Shanghai.
- Under Jiang’s leadership, a peaceful handover of Hong Kong to China took place in 1997 and China joined the World Trade Organization which laid the base for China to become the world’s second-largest economy with high-speed growth.
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Published date : 01 Dec 2022 05:08PM