Here is a look at the life of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
Trainee from 1955 -- 1956 at the Stalin Automobile Factory in Moscow.
The Director and later Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry was named 1971 -- 1979.
In 1982, a vice minister of electronics industry was elected and later elected a member of the CCP Central Committee.
In November 1989, Succeeds Deng Xiaoping as chairman of the Central Military Commission.
President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 -- 2003.
On June 28, 1998 - In a live debate, President Clinton discusses human rights with President Clinton in Beijing.
December 11, 2001 - China joins the World Trade Organization as the 143rd member.
In October 2002, Jiang's last visit to the United States as president and head of state, meets with former In Jiang's last visit to the United States as president and head of state, meets with former President George H. W. Bush in Houston and President George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas.
Retires as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2002.
October 9, 2011 - Appears at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of China's 1911 revolution. A ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of China's 1911 revolution took place at the ceremony. He was the first to be seen in public since rumors of his death in July 2011.
December 6, 2011 - The Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority fines Asia Television Limited ATV more than $39,000 HK $300,000 for airing a July report that suggested Jiang had died.
On September 13, 2019 - Marking 70 years of Communist rule, Marking 70 years of Communist rule, Jiang's giant portrait is carried down Chang'an Avenue in Beijing following the portraits of Mao Zedong and reformist leader Deng Xiaoping, who both served as China's core leader before Jiang.