BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, was held Tuesday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi Jinping , general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addressed the meeting.All attendees at the Great Hall of the People paid a three-minute silent tribute to Jiang at the start of the memorial meeting.A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on November 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on December 6 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Commission central military. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)Representatives of the People’s Liberation Army attending a memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, enter the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China on December 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Conference Committee Chinese People’s Political Consultative and the Central Military Commission. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission. Jiang’s coffin, draped in the CCP flag, was placed amid bouquets of flowers and sprigs of evergreen cypress. A flower arrangement presented by members of Jiang’s family, including his wife Wang Yeping, was placed in front of the coffin, flanked by six honor guards. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission. Jiang’s coffin, draped in the CCP flag, was placed amid bouquets of flowers and sprigs of evergreen cypress. A flower arrangement presented by members of Jiang’s family, including his wife Wang Yeping, was placed in front of the coffin. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission . (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission . (Xinhua/Li Tao)A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission . (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission . (Xinhua/Gao Jie)A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission . (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2022. The meeting was organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Central Military Commission . (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)