Jiang Zemin Biography and Timeline

Chinese Communist Party

Jiang Zemin is associated with Communist underground activity before later rising within the party

Central Committee

Appointed Member of Central Committee

Politburo

Appointed Member of Politburo

General Secretary

Appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

Role range: 1993-

Martial Law

Does not suppress demonstrations in Shanghai but supports martial law in Beijing

Party Leader

Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party

Role range: 1989-

President of China

Appointed President of China

Role range: 1993-

Economy of China

Communist Chinas gross domestic product grows at an average annual rate of about 10%, the highest in the world, between 1994 and 2000. China, Russia and three (later four) former Soviet republics (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Role range: 1993-

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

China, Russia and three (later four) former Soviet republics (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Role range: 1993-

China Conducts Final Nuclear Test

China conducts its final nuclear test before announcing a testing moratorium.

Role range: 1993-2003

Border

China and Russia agree on a border, Presidents Yeltsin and Jiang reach accord in a Shanghai meeting on clear border stretching from Sea of Japan to Kazakhstan

Role range: 1993-

International Accord at Shanghai

China and Russia agree on a border, Presidents Yeltsin and Jiang reach accord in a Shanghai meeting on clear border stretching from Sea of Japan to Kazakhstan

Role range: 1993-

Politics

Chinese officials and British diplomats meet in Beijing to discuss issues of democracy and human rights

Role range: 1993-

Rule of Hong Kong

Chinese officials and British diplomats meet in Beijing to discuss issues of democracy and human rights

Role range: 1993-

Cenorship

China restricts the use of the Internet, adopts strict rules against use of computers in activities it deems harmful to national security and policies

Role range: 1993-

Economy of China

Jiang Zemin legalizes private enterprise and unveils a plan to privatize Communist Chinas state-owned enterprises

Role range: 1993-

President of China

Deng dies and Jiang Zemin, who was already ruling Communist China, becomes the sole leader

Role range: 1993-

Rule of Hong Kong

Britain cedes Hong Kong back to Communist China, and Jiang Zemin appoints Tung Chee-hwa as chief executive of the city

Role range: 1993-

Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights

Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights

Role range: 1993-

Politics

Clinton apearrs on Chinese TV with Jing Zemin discussing human rights

Role range: 1993-

Rule of Macau

Portugal officially returns Macau to China after 442 yrs

Role range: 1993-

Rule of Taiwan

Chen Shui-bian becomes the first democratically elected president of Taiwan and the first to advocate independence from Communist China

Resignation of Jiang Zemin

Jiang Zemin resigns and Hu Jintao succeeds him, the first peaceful transition of power since 1949