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Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao was elected president of the People's Republic of China on March 15, 2003. He is now general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China. On 19 September 2004 China's former President Jiang Zemin retired from his post as chairman of the powerful central military commission, completing the transfer of power to President Hu Jintao.

Hu Jintao, a native of Jixi, Anhui Province, was born in December 1942. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1964 and began to work in July 1965 after he graduated from the Water Conservancy Engineering Department of Tsinghua University, where he had a major in the study of hub hydropower stations. He is an engineer.

1959-1964: Student at the Water Conservancy Engineering Department of Tsinghua University.

1964-1965: Postgraduate and political instructor at the Water Conservancy Engineering Department of Tsinghua University.

1965-1968: Participated in R&D at the Water Conservancy Engineering Department of Tsinghua University and served as political instructor before the start of the "cultural revolution."

1968-1969: Worked with the housing construction team of Liujia Gorge Engineering Bureau, Ministry of Water Conservancy.

1969-1974: Technician and secretary of No. 813 Sub-Bureau, Fourth Engineering Bureau, Ministry of Water Conservancy and deputy-secretary of the general Party branch of the sub-bureau's head office.

1974-1975: Secretary of the Gansu Provincial Construction Committee (GPCC).

1975-1980: Deputy director of the design management division, GPCC.

1980-1982: Vice chairman of GPCC and secretary of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League (Sept.1982-Dec.1982).

1982-1984: Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, chairman of the All-China Youth Federation.

1984-1985: First secretary, Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China.

1985-1988: Secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee.

1988-1992: Secretary of the Party Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region.

1992-1993: Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.

1993-1998: Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

1998-1999: Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, vice president of the People's Republic of China, president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

1999-2002: Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, vice chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, vice president of the People's Republic of China, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

2002-March 2003: General secretary of the CPC Central Committee, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and vice president of the People's Republic of China.

He was an alternate member, member of the 12th CPC Central Committee, member of the 13th, 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees and is a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He was a member of the Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and member of the Secretariat of the 14th and 15th CPC Central Committees and is a member of the Political Bureau and of its Standing Committee, and general secretary of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He was made an additional vice chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 6th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China debuted 16 October 2022. On the stage, General Secretary Xi Jinping took great strides and left the much older former General Secretary Hu Jintao far away, while the older Jiang Zemin disappeared [Jiang Zemin died of leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai on 30 November 2022, at the age of 96.]. Hu Jintao, the former general secretary of the Communist Party of China, was "dismissed" at the 20th Congress, in something of a mystery. The trigger was suspected that Hu Jintao wanted to read the documents on the table but was stopped and snatched by Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress. During the process, he showed displeasure and resisted many times. Before leaving, he read a few words to Xi and patted Li Keqiang on the shoulder. Some speculated that they were afraid To prevent Hu from speaking on the contents of the document.

Hu Jintao was moving a folder on the table in front of him at first without glasses. Li Zhanshu, who was sitting beside him, turned around and stretched out his hand to stop Hu, but Hu had no intention of stopping. Li Zhanshu immediately pressed the folder with his left hand, while his right Holding Hu's left hand, Xi Jinping turned slightly and summoned a staff member from afar. As soon as the staff member arrived, Xi gave an order, and the staff member pointed his index finger to Hu Jintao. Xi Jinping's order was already obvious. Take away the folder you turned over, and keep pressing the file with both hands.

Then a second younger staff member arrived, and Xi Jinping gave the order again while gently supporting Hu with both hands. At this time, Hu looked slightly in the direction of Xi and seemed to be listening to the order given by Xi. After that, the staff told Hu that he had to leave. He started to help him up. At this time, the first staff member returned to the scene to join in the task of taking Hu away, but Hu Jintao resisted immediately and looked at Xi Jinping in disbelief, but Xi Jinping sat coldly watching Hu Jintao being pulled away. Position, did not give in to the request left by Hu, and after that, the whole world saw the image, and Hu Jintao was supported and appeared in advance.